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

Cranioceras
Temporal range: BarstovianHemphillian
~15.97–5.3 Ma
Life restoration of Cranioceras unicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Dromomerycidae
Tribe: Cranioceratini
Genus: Cranioceras
Matthew, 1918
Species

Sources

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  • 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
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