Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Parent taxon: Antilocapridae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Frick 1937, Janis and Scott 1987, Leite 1991, Lozinsky and Tedford 1991, Miller and Downs 1974, Stirton 1938, Tedford 1981, Tedford and Barghoorn 1993, Tedford et al. 1987, Voorhies 1990, Webb 1969, Webb 1973, Whistler and Burbank 1992 and Woodburne and Golz 1972
Sister taxa: Antilocapra, Antilocaprinae, Cosorycinae, Hayoceros, Hexameryx, Ilingoceros, Merriamoceros, Merycodontinae, Merycodus, Paracosoryx, Ramocerotinae, Submeryceros, Texoceros
Subtaxa: Plioceros blicki Plioceros dehlini Plioceros floblairi
Type: Plioceros blicki
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (5: California, New Mexico)
• Miocene of United States (23: California, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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