Pseudoprotoceras minor Wilson 1974 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Alternative combination: Poabromylus minor

Full reference: J. A. Wilson. 1974. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Vieja Group and Buck Hill Group, Trans-Pecos Texas: Protoceratidae, Camelidae, Hypertragulidae. Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 23:1-24

Belongs to Pseudoprotoceras according to A. J. Kihm 1987

See also Wilson 1974

Sister taxa: Pseudoprotoceras longinaris, Pseudoprotoceras taylori

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yoder, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Chadron Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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