Biology:Trigenicus

Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Trigenicus Temporal range: Late Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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. 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