†Kyptoceras Webb 1981 (protoceratid)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Full reference: S. D. Webb. 1981. Kyptoceras amatorum, New Genus and Species from the Pliocene of Florida, the Last Protoceratid Artiodactyl. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):357-365
Parent taxon: Kyptoceratini according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007
See also Prothero 1998, Webb 1981 and Webb et al. 2003
Sister taxon: Syndyoceras
Subtaxa: Kyptoceras amatorum
Type: Kyptoceras amatorum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina collections)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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