Paratoceras wardi Patton and Taylor 1973 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor. 1973. The Protoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae) and the systematics of the Protoceratidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(4)

Belongs to Paratoceras according to T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor 1973

Sister taxa: Paratoceras coatesi, Paratoceras macadamsi, Paratoceras orarius, Paratoceras tedfordi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Trinity River Pit 1, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Fleming Formation of Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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