Biology:Trigenicus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Trigenicus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Trigenicus profectus.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Protoceratidae
Genus: Trigenicus
Douglass 1903
Species
  • T. profectus Matthew 1903

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.

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7841682 entry