Tylocephalonyx

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Tylocephalonyx
Fossil range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Chalicotheriidae
Genus: Tylocephalonyx
Species: Tylocephalonyx skinneri

Tylocephalonyx is an extinct dome-headed Chalicothere from the Miocene in North America. It may have used its "dome" in the same way as the Pachycephalosaurs.

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  • National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals (National Geographic) by Alan Turner
  • digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1041
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