Ilingoceros
Temporal range: Hemphillian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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 pronghorn artiodactyl from the Late 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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