Capromeryx gidleyi Frick 1937 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Alternative combination: Breameryx gidleyi

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

Belongs to Capromeryx according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Frick 1937, Hibbard and Taylor 1960, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Morgan and Morgan 1995

Sister taxa: Capromeryx arizonensis, Capromeryx furcifer, Capromeryx mexicana, Capromeryx minor, Capromeryx tauntonensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Curtis Floss ( of Arizona)

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