Leptoreodon stocki Kelly 1990 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: T. S. Kelly. 1990. Biostratigraphy of Uintan and Duchesnean land mammal assemblages from the Middle Member of the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 419:1-42

Belongs to Leptoreodon according to T. S. Kelly 1990

Sister taxa: Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx), Leptoreodon edwardsi, Leptoreodon golzi, Leptoreodon leptolophus, Leptoreodon major, Leptoreodon marshi, Leptoreodon pusillus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brea Canyon (Bed CS3), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: California collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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