Procranioceras

Procranioceras
Temporal range:
Procranioceras skinneri skull cast at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Dromomerycidae
Tribe: †Cranioceratini
Genus: †
Frick, 1937
Species

P. skinneri Frick, 1937

Synonyms

Cranioceras skinneri (Matthew, 1918)

Restoration of a Procranioceras.

Procranioceras is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Middle Miocene, 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2.4 million years.[1] Fossils have been found from Florida, Saskatchewan, and Nebraska.

References

  1. ^ Procranioceras at fossilworks


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