Plioceros floblairi Frick 1937 (pronghorn)

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

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