Lambdoceras trinitiensis Patton and Taylor 1971

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Alternative combination: Prosynthetoceras trinitiensis

Full reference: T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor. 1971. The Synthetoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 145(2):119-218

Belongs to Lambdoceras according to D. R. Prothero 1998

See also Patton and Taylor 1971 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Lambdoceras hessei, Lambdoceras siouxensis

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

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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