Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Parent taxon: Merycodontinae according to S. R. May 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Frick 1937, Gregory 1942, Janis and Manning 1998 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxon: Cosoryx
Subtaxa: Ramoceros (Merriamoceros) Ramoceros (Paramoceros) Ramoceros osborni Ramoceros ramosus
Type: Merycodus osborni
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Miocene of United States (25: California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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