Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combination: Meryceros hookwayi
Full reference: E. L. Furlong. 1934. New merycodonts From the Upper Miocene of Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(1):1-10
Belongs to Merycodus according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Frick 1937 and Furlong 1934
Sister taxa: Merycodus crucensis, Merycodus joraki, Merycodus major, Merycodus minimus, Merycodus minor, Merycodus necatus, Merycodus prodromus, Merycodus sabulonis, Merycodus tehuanus, Merycodus trilateralis, Merycodus warreni, Meryceros (Submeryceros)
Type specimen: CIT 1257, a mandible (ramus). Its type locality is Tonopah, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nevada.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution: found only at Tonopah
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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