Prodinoceras
| Prodinoceras Temporal range:
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| Skull of Prodinoceras martyr | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dinocerata |
| Family: | †Prodinoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Prodinoceras Matthew, Granger & Simpson, 1929 |
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Prodinoceras, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró), meaning "before", δεινός (deinós), meaning "terrible", and κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", is the earliest known dinocerate genus, which lived in the late Paleocene of Mongolia.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Prodinoceras was rather large, reaching 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) in length.[2] It is also regarded as the most basal uintathere, as, although it had the characteristic fang-like tusks, it had yet to evolve the characteristic knob-like horns. The genus also bears 3 upper incisors, a trait lacking in later dinocerates. The astragalus also possesses a distinct neck and the trochlear facet is not expanded.[3]
Classification
[edit | edit source]Prodinoceras possesses traits that indicate it is a sister group to the other derived dinocerates.[4] Most literature posits Prodinoceras and Probathyopsis as close relatives.[1][3]
Phylogeny of dinocerates, in accordance with Scott et al.[4]
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References
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