Biology:Prodinoceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Prodinoceras Temporal range: Late Paleocene
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| Skull of Prodinoceras martyr | |
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| Prodinoceras xinjiangensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dinocerata |
| Genus: | †Prodinoceras Matthew, Granger & Simpson, 1929 |
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Prodinoceras ("Before Terrible Horns") is the earliest known uintathere genus, which lived in the late Paleocene of Mongolia. It was a relatively small uintathere, reaching 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) in length.[1] It is also regarded as the most basal uintathere, as, although it had the characteristic fang-like tusks, it had yet to evolve the characteristic knob-like horns.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q2564411 entry
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