Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combination: Meryceros joraki
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Merycodus according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Frick 1937 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: Merycodus crucensis, Merycodus hookwayi, Merycodus major, Merycodus minimus, Merycodus minor, Merycodus necatus, Merycodus prodromus, Merycodus sabulonis, Merycodus tehuanus, Merycodus trilateralis, Merycodus warreni, Meryceros (Submeryceros)
Type specimen: F:AM 31163, a partial skull (Major portion of cranium with cheek teeth. and right horn). Its type locality is Hemicyon Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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