Ilingoceros is an extinct genus of pronghorn artiodactyl from the Late Miocene of North America.
Ilingoceros Temporal range: Hemphillian
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Reconstructed horn cores of I. alexandrae, American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Tribe: | †Ilingoceratini |
Genus: | †Ilingoceros Merriam, 1909 |
Type species | |
†Ilingoceros alexandrae | |
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At 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in body length, the animal would have been slightly bigger than the related modern pronghorn. It had straight, spiraled horns, which ended in forked tips.[1]
References
edit- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 280. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.