Euceratherium collinum (Furlong & Sinclair, 1904)

Shrub ox, Shrub-ox

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong, 1905; Aftonius calvini Hay, 1913; Euceratherium americanum Gidley, 1913:1; Taurotragus americanus Gidley, 1913:1; Euceratherium bizzelli Stovall, 1937

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene (Holocene?)

Distribution

North America

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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