Prodinoceras
Prodinoceras ("Before Terrible Horns") is the earliest known uintathere genus, which lived in the late Paleocene of Mongolia. It was a relatively small uintathere, reaching 2.9 m (9.5 ft) in length.[1] 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.
| Prodinoceras Temporal range: Late Paleocene | |
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| Prodinoceras xinjiangensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dinocerata |
| Family: | †Uintatheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Uintatheriinae |
| Genus: | †Prodinoceras Matthew, Granger & Simpson, 1929 |
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It is very similar to the North American Probathyopsis, which experts regard as its sister genus.
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