| Proantilocapra Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Genus: | †Proantilocapra Barbour & Schultz, 1934 |
| Species: | †P. platycornea |
| Binomial name | |
| †Proantilocapra platycornea Barbour & Schultz, 1934 | |
Proantilocapra is an extinct genus of the artiodactyl family Antilocapridae. The remains of this animal appeared in the Ash Hollow Formation in Nebraska, United States, and they last appeared 13.6 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch.[1]
References
- ↑ E. H. Barbour and C. B. Schultz. 1934. A new antilocaprid and a new cervid from the late Tertiary of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 734:1-4
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