Antilocapra pacifica
Antilocapra pacifica, also known as the Pacific pronghorn, is an extinct antilocaprid from the Late Pleistocene of California.
| Antilocapra pacifica Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Genus: | Antilocapra |
| Species: | †A. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Antilocapra pacifica ( Richards & McCrossin, 1991)[1] | |
Description
The Pacific pronghorn was described in 1991 from material found near the San Joaquin River delta near Antioch, California. While closely related to the living pronghorn, it is distinguished by aspects of horn core, orbit and temporal-fossa morphology.[2] The Pacific pronghorn was also slightly larger than its living relative.[3]
References
- "Antilocapra pacifica". Fossilworks.
- 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.
- Pastor, Jana V.; Lubinski, Patrick M. (2000). Pronghorn Past and Present: Archaeology, Ethnography, and Biology. Plains Anthropological Society.
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