Pseudoprotoceras Cook 1934 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: H. J. Cook. 1934. New artiodactyls from the Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 15(2):148-165

Parent taxon: Protoceratidae according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Emry and Storer 1981, Prothero 1998, Scott 1940, Webb et al. 2003 and Wilson 1974

Sister taxa: Calops, Heteromeryx, Leptoreodon, Leptotragulinae, Leptotragulus, Poabromylus, Protoceratinae, Synthetoceratinae, Toromeryx, Trigenicus

Subtaxa: Pseudoprotoceras longinaris Pseudoprotoceras minor Pseudoprotoceras taylori

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (18: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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