Hypertragulus planiceps Sinclair 1905 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae

Alternative combinations: Allomeryx planiceps, Nanotragulus planiceps

Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1905. New or Imperfectly Known Rodent and Ungulates from the John Day Series. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(6):125-143

Belongs to Hypertragulus according to D. P. Whistler and E. B. Lander 2003

See also Albright et al. 2008, Frick 1937, Lull 1922, Sinclair 1905, Vislobokova 2001 and Webb 1998

Sister taxa: Hypertragulus calcaratus, Hypertragulus chadronensis, Hypertragulus crawfordensis, Hypertragulus dakotensis, Hypertragulus heikeni, Hypertragulus hesperius, Hypertragulus minor, Hypertragulus minutus, Hypertragulus quadratus, Hypertragulus sequens

Type specimen: UCMP 104, a partial skull (Cranium)

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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