Biology:Procranioceras

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Procranioceras
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Procranioceras skinneri skull cast at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification e
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
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Procranioceras
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 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