Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Synonyms: Aftonius calvini Hay 1913, Euceratherium bizzelli Stovall 1937, Euceratherium sinclairi Furlong 1905, Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong 1905
Belongs to Euceratherium according to G. G. Simpson 1963
See also Alroy 2002, Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1987, Frick 1937, Gazin 1933, Hay 1913, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Stovall 1937
Sister taxon: Euceratherium americanum
Subtaxa: Euceratherium collinum morrisi Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana
Type specimens:
- Euceratherium collinum: UCMP 8751, a skull. Its type locality is Potter Creek Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in California.
- Aftonius calvini:
- Euceratherium bizzelli: Univ. Oklahoma Museum of Geology and Paleontology 701, a partial skull (crown of a skull with horns). Its type locality is Hydro, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial gravel in Oklahoma.
- Preptoceras sinclairi:
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (12: Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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