Cranioceras

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

Cranioceras Temporal range: Barstovian–Hemphillian ~
Life restoration of Cranioceras unicornis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Dromomerycidae
Tribe:	†Cranioceratini
Genus:	†Cranioceras Matthew, 1918
Species
†C. unicornis Matthew, 1918(type) †C. clarendonensis Frick, 1937 †C. pawniensis Frick, 1937 †C. teres (Cope, 1874)

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