Tetrameryx knoxensis Hibbard and Dalquest 1960 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and W. W. Dalquest. 1960. A New Antilocaprid from the Pleistocene of Knox County, Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 41(1)

Belongs to Tetrameryx according to B. H. Slaughter 1966

See also Hibbard and Dalquest 1960 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Tetrameryx irvingtonensis, Tetrameryx mooseri, Tetrameryx shuleri, Tetrameryx tacubayensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gilliland, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Seymour Formation of Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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