Neotragocerus improvisus Matthew and Cook 1909 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414

Belongs to Neotragocerus according to J. E. Martin and J. I. Mead 2022

See also Matthew and Cook 1909 and Sinclair 1915

Sister taxon: Neotragocerus lindgreni

Type specimen: AMNH 14141, a partial skull (complete horn-core). Its type locality is ZX Bar, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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