Ceratomeryx Gazin 1935 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1935. A new antilocaprid from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 9(5):390-393

Parent taxon: Antilocaprinae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Carroll 1988, Gazin 1935 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Capromeryx, Hexobelomeryx, Osbornoceros, Ottoceros, Proantilocapra, Sphenophalos, Stockoceratini, Tetrameryx

Subtaxa: Ceratomeryx prenticei

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Ceratomeryx type locality ( of Idaho)

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