Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Full reference: J. A. Wilson. 1974. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Vieja Group and Buck Hill Group, Trans-Pecos Texas: Protoceratidae, Camelidae, Hypertragulidae. Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 23:1-24
Parent taxon: Protoceratidae according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Prothero 1998 and Wilson 1974
Sister taxa: Calops, Heteromeryx, Leptoreodon, Leptotragulinae, Leptotragulus, Poabromylus, Protoceratinae, Pseudoprotoceras, Synthetoceratinae, Trigenicus
Subtaxa: Toromeryx marginensis
Type: Toromeryx marginensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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