Leptotragulus clarki Gazin 1955 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1955. A review of the Upper Eocene Artiodactyla of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 128(8):1-96

Belongs to Leptotragulus according to C. L. Gazin 1955

Sister taxa: Leptotragulus medius, Leptotragulus proavus, Leptotragulus ultimus

Type specimen: USNM 20378, a mandible (Right ramus of mandible with Pi and P3-M3). Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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