†Speleotherium logani White et al. 2025 (austral scrubox)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: R. S. White, J. I. Mead, and G. S. Morgan. 2025. Logan's Austral Scrubox, a new ovibovine (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from Muskox Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 101:473-494
Belongs to Speleotherium according to R. S. White et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM PAL 598576, a skull. Its type locality is Muskox Cave, which is in a Rancholabrean terrestrial horizon in New Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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