Stockoceros
Stockoceros is an extinct genus of the North American artiodactyl family Antilocapridae (pronghorns),[2] known from what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1] The genus survived until about 12,000 years ago, and was present when Paleo-Indians reached North America.[3][4]
| Stockoceros Temporal range: | |
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| S. conklingi skeleton | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Tribe: | †Stockoceratini |
| Genus: | †Stockoceros Skinner, 1942 |
| Species | |
Description
Its horns are each divided near their base into two prongs of roughly equal length. Dental microwear studies suggest that S. onusrosagris was a mixed feeder (both grazing and browsing) with a greater intake of grass into its diet than living pronghorn.[5]
One of the co-discoverers and co-describers of S. onusrosagris was Quentin Roosevelt II, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt; he was 14 at the time of the discovery.[6][7]
S. conklingi skull
References
- "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. S2CID 86134472.
- "Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "Stockoceros onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Rivals, Florent; Semprebon, Gina M. (2006-06-12). "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): 495–500. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[495:ACOTDH]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86134472.
- 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. hdl:2246/2114. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- "Burden's Pronghorn: an Arizona Story". Prehistoric Pronghorn. International Wildlife Museum. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
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