Procranioceras

Procranioceras is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, 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.

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

P. skinneri Frick 1937

References


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