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Antilocapra pacifica

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Antilocapra pacifica
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Antilocapra pacifica, also known as the Pacific pronghorn, is an extinct antilocaprid from the Late Pleistocene of California.

Description

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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

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  1. ^ "Antilocapra pacifica". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Pastor, Jana V.; Lubinski, Patrick M. (2000). Pronghorn Past and Present: Archaeology, Ethnography, and Biology. Plains Anthropological Society.