Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1905. Notice of two new genera of mammals from the Oligocene of South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(3):21-26
Parent taxon: Protoceratidae according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Matthew 1905, Prothero 1998 and Scott 1940
Sister taxa: Calops, Leptoreodon, Leptotragulinae, Leptotragulus, Poabromylus, Protoceratinae, Pseudoprotoceras, Synthetoceratinae, Toromeryx, Trigenicus
Subtaxa: Heteromeryx dispar
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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