Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1918. Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(7):183-229
Parent taxon: Cranioceratini according to S. R. May 2019
See also Janis and Manning 1998, Matthew 1918, Prothero and Liter 2007 and Prothero and Liter 2008
Sister taxa: Barbouromeryx, Bouromeryx, Pediomeryx, Procranioceras, Yumaceras
Subtaxa: Cranioceras pawniensis Cranioceras teres Cranioceras unicornis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Miocene of United States (44: California, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Washington)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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