Calops Marsh 1894 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Eastern division of the Miohippus beds, with notes on some of the characteristic fossils. American Journal of Science 48(283):91-94

Parent taxon: Protoceratidae according to W. B. Scott 1940

See also Frick 1937, Hay 1902 and Patton and Taylor 1973

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

Subtaxa: Calops consors Calops cristatus

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Type: Calops cristatus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calops in the database

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