Synthetoceras

Synthetoceras
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Hemphillian)
~10.6–5.3 Ma
Skull of S. tricoronatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Protoceratidae
Genus: †Synthetoceras
Stirton, 1932
Type species
†Synthetoceras tricornatus
Stirton, 1932
Species
  • S. tricornatus
  • S. davisorum Hulbert & Whitmore 2006

Synthetoceras tricornatus is a large, extinct protoceratid, endemic to North America ( Nebraska ) during the Late Miocene, 10.3—5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 5 million years. Fossils have been recovered from Nebraska and Texas.[1]

  1. ^ "Synthetoceras tricornatus". fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.