Tetrameryx Lull 1921 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: R. S. Lull. 1921. New camels in the Marsh collection. American Journal of Science 1(5):392-404

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

See also Carroll 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lull 1921 and Schultz and Howard 1935

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

Subtaxa: Tetrameryx irvingtonensis Tetrameryx knoxensis Tetrameryx mooseri Tetrameryx shuleri Tetrameryx tacubayensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Mexico (4), United States (13: California, Texas)

• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (7: Arizona, California, Texas)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

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