Plioceros Frick 1937 (pronghorn)

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

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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

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