Ilingoceros

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

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

The 1,80 m (6 ft) long creature was closely related to the modern pronghorn. Slightly bigger than the pronghorn, it had straight, spiraled horns which ended in forked tips.

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