Stockoceros
Stockoceros Temporal range:
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S. onusrosagris skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Tribe: | †Stockoceratini |
Genus: | †Stockoceros Skinner, 1942 |
Species | |
Stockoceros is an extinct genus of the North American artiodactyl family Antilocapridae,[2] known from Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1] Its horns are each divided near their base into two prongs of roughly equal length.
The genus survived until about 12,000 years ago, and was present when Paleo-Indians reached North America.[3][4]
One of the co-discoverers of S. onusrosagris was Quentin Roosevelt II, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt; he was 14 at the time of the discovery.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ a b "Stockoceros Skinner 1942". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Rivals, F.; Semprebon, G. M. (2006). "A comparison of the dietary habits of a large sample of the Pleistocene pronghorn Stockoceros onusrosagris from the Papago Springs Cave in Arizona to the modern Antilocapra americana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (2): 495. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[495:ACOTDH]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ "Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Stockoceros onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Roosevelt, Q.; Burden, J. W. (1934). "A new species of antilocaprine, Tetrameryx onusrosagris, from a Pleistocene cave deposit in southern Arizona". American Museum Novitates. AMNH. 754: 1–4. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ "Burden's Pronghorn: an Arizona Story". Prehistoric Pronghorn. International Wildlife Museum. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
Categories:
- Even-toed ungulates
- Prehistoric pronghorns
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Extinct mammals of North America
- Pleistocene mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1942
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs