Antilocapra pacifica Richards and McCrossin 1991 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: G. D. Richards and M. L. McCrossin. 1991. A new species of Antilocapra from the late Quaternary of California. GĂ©obios 24(5):623-635

Belongs to Antilocapra according to G. D. Richards and M. L. McCrossin 1991

Sister taxon: Antilocapra americana

Type specimen: UCMP 131828, a partial skull. Its type locality is Big Break (UCMP V-87047), which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Piper Series Sands Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Big Break (UCMP V-87047)

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