Ilingoceros
Ilingoceros Temporal range: Hemphillian
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Tribe: | †Ilingoceratini |
Genus: | †Ilingoceros Merriam, 1909 |
Type species | |
†Ilingoceros alexandrae | |
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Ilingoceros is an extinct genus of pronghorn artiodactyl from the Late Miocene of North America.
At 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in body length, the animal would have been slightly bigger than the related modern pronghorn. It had straight, spiraled horns, which ended in forked tips.[1]
References[]
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 280. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
Categories:
- Prehistoric pronghorns
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Miocene mammals of North America
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1909
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs