Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1967. Relationships of the protoceratid artiodactyls, and description of a new genus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 72:1-43
Parent taxon: Synthetoceratini according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007
See also Albright 1999, Patton 1969, Patton and Taylor 1971, Patton and Taylor 1973, Prothero 1998, Stirton 1967, Tedford et al. 1987, Webb 1981 and Webb et al. 2003
Sister taxon: Prosynthetoceras
Subtaxa: Lambdoceras hessei Lambdoceras siouxensis Lambdoceras trinitiensis
Type: Lambdoceras hessei
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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