Trigenicus
Trigenicus is an extinct genus of small artiodactyl in the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Eocene 37.2—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] Trigenicus resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Protoceratidae |
Genus: | †Trigenicus Douglass 1903 |
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Fossil distribution
Fossils have been recovered from:
- Toadstool Park, Chadron Formation, Sioux County, Nebraska
- Peanut Peak, Chadron Formation, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
- Little Spring Gulch, Cook Ranch Formation, Beaverhead County, Montana
- Carnagh, Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan
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