Antilocapra pacifica
{{Short description|Extinct species of pronghorn}}
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| fossil_range = Late Pleistocene
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| extinct = yes
| genus = Antilocapra
| species = pacifica
| authority = ( Richards & McCrossin, 1991){{cite web |title=Antilocapra pacifica|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=417694|website=Fossilworks}}
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Antilocapra pacifica, also known as the Pacific pronghorn, is an extinct antilocaprid from the Late Pleistocene of California.
Description
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.{{cite journal |last1=Richards |first1=Gary D. |last2=McCrossin |first2=Monte L. |title=A new species of antilocapra from the late Quaternary of California |journal=Geobios |date=1991 |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=623–635 |doi=10.1016/0016-6995(91)80027-W |bibcode=1991Geobi..24..623R |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/001669959180027W}} The Pacific pronghorn was also slightly larger than its living relative.{{cite book |last1=Pastor |first1=Jana V. |last2=Lubinski |first2=Patrick M. |title=Pronghorn Past and Present: Archaeology, Ethnography, and Biology |date=2000 |publisher=Plains Anthropological Society}}
References
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Category:Pleistocene Artiodactyla
Category:Pleistocene mammals of North America
Category:Pleistocene extinctions
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1991
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