Lambdoceras siouxensis Frick 1937 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Prosynthetoceras siouxensis, Synthetoceras siouxensis

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Belongs to Lambdoceras according to D. R. Prothero 1998

See also Frick 1937, Patton 1967 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Lambdoceras hessei, Lambdoceras trinitiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (5: Nebraska collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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