Navahoceros fricki Schultz and Howard 1935

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative combination: Rangifer fricki

Synonym: Odocoileus halli Alvarez 1969

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and E. B. Howard. 1935. The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87:273-298

Belongs to Navahoceros according to S. D. Webb 1992

See also Anderson and White 1975, Kurten 1975, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Schultz and Howard 1935

Sister taxon: Navahoceros lascrucensis

Type specimens:

  • Navahoceros fricki: A.N.S.P. No. 13933, a partial skull (right maxillary fragment with dentition and right ramus). Its type locality is Burnet Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave siltstone in New Mexico.
  • Odocoileus halli:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: New Mexico)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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