''Cranioceras'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
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
Palaeomerycidae
Prehistoric cervoids
Miocene even-toed ungulates
Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
Miocene mammals of North America
Pliocene even-toed ungulates
Pliocene mammals of North America
Barstovian
Clarendonian
Hemphillian
Fossil taxa described in 1918
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