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Merriamoceros fossil map

Where fossils of Merriamoceros have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Merriamoceros
Image: Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.ca/), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived23.04–5.333 million years ago (Aquitanian to Messinian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyAntilocapridae
Named by(Frick 1937)
Fossil records12 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States
Rock formationsBarstow, Salt Lake, Sixmile Creek

About Merriamoceros

Merriamoceros is an extinct genus of pronghorn. It is known from a single species, which is also the type species, M. coronatus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Merriamoceros (revision 1262864963), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q42879948.

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