Prodinoceras
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| 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 |
| Genus: | Prodinoceras Matthew, Granger & Simpson, 1929 |
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Prodinoceras ("Before Terrible Horns") was 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 basal uintathere, as, although it had the characteristic fang-like tusks, it had yet to evolve the characteristic knob-like horns.
It is very similar to its North American counterpart, Probathyopsis. All experts regard it as Prodinoceras' sister genus.
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