Tetrameryx tacubayensis Mooser and Dalquest 1975 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: O. Mooser and W. W. Dalquest. 1975. Pleistocene mammals from Aguascalientes, central Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 56(4):781-820

Belongs to Tetrameryx according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Mooser and Dalquest 1975

Sister taxa: Tetrameryx irvingtonensis, Tetrameryx knoxensis, Tetrameryx mooseri, Tetrameryx shuleri

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Cedazo (Quaternary of Mexico)

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