Prosynthetoceras
Prosynthetoceras Temporal range:
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Fossil tooth of Prosynthetoceras cf. texanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Protoceratidae |
Genus: | †Prosynthetoceras Patton 1967 |
Species | |
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Range of Prosynthetoceras based on fossil record |
Prosynthetoceras is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived from the Early to Middle Miocene 20.6—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 7 million years.[1] In appearance, Prosynthetoceras looked much like Syndyoceras, Kyptoceras, and Synthetoceras with three horns, one on the snout, and two above the eyes.
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Categories:
- Protoceratids
- Serravallian extinctions
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Miocene mammals of North America
- Aquitanian genus first appearances
- Fossil taxa described in 1967
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera