| Fossil range | Early Pleistocene – Recent[1] |
|---|---|
| Taxon | Antilocapra |
| Authority | Ord, 1818 |
| Type species | Antilope americana[2] |
| Type species authority | Ord, 1815 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| Subdivision | Antilocapra americana †Antilocapra pacifica |
Antilocapra is a genus of the family Antilocapridae, which contains only a single living species, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). Another species, the Pacific pronghorn, lived in California during the Late Pleistocene and survived as recently as 12,000 BP.[3] The name means "antelope-goat".
Antilocapra is the only surviving genus of pronghorn, though three other genera (Capromeryx,[4][5] Stockoceros[6][7] and Tetrameryx[8]) existed in North America up until the end of the Pleistocene.
References
- ^ "Antilocapra". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
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- ^ Richards, Gary D. & McCrossin, Monte L. (1991). "A new species of antilocapra from the late Quaternary of California". Geobios. 24 (5): 623–635. Bibcode:1991Geobi..24..623R. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(91)80027-W
- ^ "Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Stockoceros onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.