Paleoodocoileus salinae Frick 1937 (New World deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Belongs to Paleoodocoileus according to C. Frick 1937

See also Hoffstetter 1952 and Lindsey and Lopez 2015

Sister taxa: Odocoileus brachydontus, Odocoileus brachyodontus, Odocoileus cascensis, Odocoileus cooki, Odocoileus dolichopsis, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus laevicornis, Odocoileus lucasi, Odocoileus peruvianus, Odocoileus rothschildi, Odocoileus salinae, Odocoileus sellardsiae, Odocoileus sheridanus, Odocoileus virginianus, Paleoodocoileus gracilis, Cariacus brachyceros, Cariacus laevicornis

Type specimen: F:AM 28284, a mandible (partial left ramus with p2-m3)

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paleoodocoileus salinae in the database

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