Protoceras
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protoceras ('first horn') is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene 33.3—16.0 Ma, existing for approximately 17 million years.[1]
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Protoceras celer skeleton | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Protoceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Protoceratinae |
Genus: | †Protoceras Marsh, 1891 |
Type species | |
†Protoceras celer | |
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