Ottoceros Miller and Downs 1974 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: W. E. Miller and T. Downs. 1974. A Hemphillian local fauna containing a new genus of antilocaprid from southern California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 258:1-36

Parent taxon: Antilocaprinae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Carroll 1988 and Miller and Downs 1974

Sister taxa: Capromeryx, Ceratomeryx, Hexobelomeryx, Osbornoceros, Proantilocapra, Sphenophalos, Stockoceratini, Tetrameryx

Subtaxa: Ottoceros peacevalleyensis

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Type: Ottoceros peacevalleyensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Kinsey Ranch (LACM 1092) ( of California)

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