Biology:Cranioceras

Short description: Extinct genus of deer

Cranioceras Temporal range: Barstovian–Hemphillian ~15.97–5.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Cranioceras unicornis
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Dromomerycidae
Tribe:	†Cranioceratini
Genus:	†Cranioceras Matthew, 1918
Species
†C. unicornis Matthew, 1918(type) †C. clarendonensis Frick, 1937 †C. pawniensis Frick, 1937 †C. teres (Cope, 1874)

Cranioceras is an extinct genus of artiodactyl from the Miocene to the Pliocene in the United States .

Sources

• After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past) by Donald R. Prothero
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, Second Edition by Stephen Jay Gould

External links

• Cranioceras in the Paleobiology Database

Wikidata ☰ Q5182133 entry