Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combination: Sphenophalos floblairi
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Plioceros according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Frick 1937, Stirton 1938, Tedford et al. 1987, Voorhies 1990 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Plioceros blicki, Plioceros dehlini
Type specimen: Its type locality is Deep Creek Quarry No1, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: Nebraska collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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