Texoceros Frick 1937 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Parent taxon: Antilocapridae according to C. Frick 1937

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Antilocapra, Antilocaprinae, Cosorycinae, Hayoceros, Hexameryx, Ilingoceros, Merriamoceros, Merycodontinae, Merycodus, Paracosoryx, Plioceros, Ramocerotinae, Submeryceros

Subtaxa: Texoceros altidens Texoceros edensis Texoceros guymonensis Texoceros minorei Texoceros vaughani

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Type: Texoceros guymonensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (19: Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Miocene of United States (2: California, Nebraska)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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