Protoceras comptus 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

Belongs to Protoceras according to W. B. Scott 1940

See also Hay 1902, Marsh 1894 and Patton and Taylor 1973

Sister taxa: Protoceras celer, Protoceras nasutus, Protoceras neatodelpha, Protoceras skinneri

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protoceras comptus in the database

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