Ilingoceros

Ilingoceros
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Antilocapridae
Tribe: †Ilingoceratini
Genus: †Ilingoceros
Merriam, 1909
Type species
†Ilingoceros alexandrae
Species
  • †I. alexandrae
  • †I. schizoceros

Ilingoceros is an extinct genus of the artiodactyl family Antilocapridae from the Miocene of North America.

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

  1. ↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 280. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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