Cranioceras

Cranioceras; Temporal range: Barstovian–Hemphillian; ~15.97–5.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Cranioceras unicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Palaeomerycidae
Genus:	†Cranioceras; Matthew, 1918
Species
	†C. unicornis Matthew, 1918(type); †C. clarendonensis Frick, 1937; †C. pawniensis Frick, 1937; †C. teres (Cope, 1874);

Cranioceras is an extinct 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

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