Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1891. A horned artiodactyle (Protoceras celer) from the Miocene. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 41(241):81-82
Parent taxon: Protoceratinae according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Marsh 1891, Matthew 1908, Prothero 1998, Scott 1940, Webb 1981 and Webb et al. 2003
Sister taxon: Paratoceras
Subtaxa: Protoceras celer Protoceras comptus Protoceras nasutus Protoceras neatodelpha Protoceras skinneri
Type: Protoceras celer
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (6: Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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