Proantilocapra Barbour and Schultz 1934 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: E. H. Barbour and C. B. Schultz. 1934. A new antilocaprid and a new cervid from the late Tertiary of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 734:1-4

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

See also Barbour and Schultz 1934 and Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Proantilocapra platycornea

View classification

Type: Proantilocapra platycornea

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.