†Lambdoceras siouxensis Frick 1937 (protoceratid)
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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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