Harrington's extinct mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni Stock 1936) from Muskox Cave, New Mexico

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Publication Date

2000

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Texas Journal of Science

Volume Number

52

Issue Number

2

Abstract

Oreamnos harringtoni remains are relatively uncommon in the fossil record. Pleistocene-age skeletal remains from Muskox Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, are referred to O. harringtoni. Qualitative and quantitative characters of recovered skeletal elements fit previous descriptions for Harrington's extinct mountain goat. This specimen extends the known range of the species eastward

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