Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Full reference: J. A. Ludtke and D. R. Prothero. 2004. Taxonomic revision of the Middle Eocene (Uintan-Duchesnean) protoceratid Leptoreodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla). Paleogene Mammals 26:101-112
Belongs to Leptoreodon according to Ludtke and Prothero 2004
Sister taxa: Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx), Leptoreodon edwardsi, Leptoreodon leptolophus, Leptoreodon major, Leptoreodon marshi, Leptoreodon pusillus, Leptoreodon stocki
Type specimen: SDNHM 47921, a partial skull. Its type locality is Jeff's Discovery, which is in an Uintan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Santiago Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Jeff's Discovery
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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