Synthetoceratini

Synthetoceratini
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Protoceratidae
Subfamily: Synthetoceratinae
Tribe: Synthetoceratini
Webb (1981)

Synthetoceratini is an extinct tribe of the subfamily Synthetoceratinae within the family Protoceratidae belonging to the order Artiodactyla endemic to North America during the Miocene, living epoch 20.6—4.9 Ma, existing for approximately 15.7 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Synthetoceratini was named by Webb (1981). Its type is Synthetoceras. It was assigned to Synthetoceratinae by Webb (1981), Prothero (1998), Webb et al. (2003) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).[2][3][4]

Members

Lambdoceras, Prosynthetoceras, Synthetoceras

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Synthetoceratini, basic info
  2. S. D. Webb. 1981. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4)
  3. D. R. Prothero. 1998. Protoceratidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 431-438
  4. D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke. 2007. Family Protoceratidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 169-176
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