Leptotragulus ultimus Schlaikjer 1935 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189

Belongs to Leptotragulus according to E. M. Schlaikjer 1935

Sister taxa: Leptotragulus clarki, Leptotragulus medius, Leptotragulus proavus

Type specimen: MCZ 2872, a tooth (A superior left third molar)

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Goshen Hole (Chadron 2) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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