Biology:Procranioceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Procranioceras | |
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| Procranioceras skinneri skull cast at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mammalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Artiodactyla |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Dromomerycidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Cranioceratini |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Procranioceras Frick, 1937 |
| Species | |
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P. skinneri Frick, 1937 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cranioceras skinneri (Matthew, 1918) | |

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.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7247478 entry
