Hexobelomeryx fricki Furlong 1941 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: E. L. Furlong. 1941. A New Pliocene Antelope From Mexico with Remarks on Some Known Antilocaprids. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530(2):25-33

Belongs to Hexobelomeryx according to E. L. Furlong 1941

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIT 2780, a partial skull (a frontlet with horn cores partially preserved on both sides). Its type locality is Yepomera, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Blancan of Mexico (2 collections)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (9)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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