Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combination: Merycodus osborni
Synonyms: Ramoceros (Paramoceros) howardae Frick 1937, Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus Frick 1937, Ramoceros hitchcockensis Frick 1937
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1904. A complete skeleton of Merycodus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(7):101-129
Belongs to Ramoceros according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Frick 1937, Galbreath 1953, Matthew 1904 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: Ramoceros (Merriamoceros), Ramoceros (Paramoceros), Ramoceros ramosus
Type specimens:
- Ramoceros osborni: AMNH 9476, a skeleton
- Ramoceros (Paramoceros) howardae: F:AM 31271, a partial skull ( of cranium with horns (points missing, burrs heavy) and M1-M3). Its type locality is Dutch Creek Quarry No. 1, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
- Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus: F:AM 31510, a partial skeleton (Left horn with small posterior point, anterior points missing, no burr; and ?associated astragalus and phalanx.). Its type locality is M. F. Frake's Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.
- Ramoceros hitchcockensis:
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Miocene of United States (11: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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