Ilingoceros alexandrae Merriam 1909 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1909. The Occurrence of Strepsicerine Antelopes In the Tertiary of Northwestern Nevada. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(22):319-330

Belongs to Ilingoceros according to J. C. Merriam 1909

Sister taxon: Ilingoceros schizoceras

Type specimen: UCMP 11880, a partial skull. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Thousand Creek Formation

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