Hexobelomeryx Furlong 1941 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: E. L. Furlong. 1941. A New Pliocene Antelope From Mexico with Remarks on Some Known Antilocaprids. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530(2):25-33

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

See also Carroll 1988 and Furlong 1941

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

Subtaxa: Hexobelomeryx fricki

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Type: Hexobelomeryx fricki

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Blancan of Mexico (2 collections)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (13), United States (3: Nevada, Texas)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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