Gulfoceras
Appearance
Gulfoceras Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | †Gulfoceras Albright, 1999 |
Species: | †G. westfalli
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Binomial name | |
†Gulfoceras westfalli Albright, 1999
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Gulfoceras is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to North America from the Miocene, living from 23.03 to 20.4 mya existing for approximately 2.63 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Gulfoceras was named by Albright (1999). Its type is Gulfoceras westfalli. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Albright (1999).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "PaleoBiology Database: Gulfoceras, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ L. B. Albright. 1999. Ungulates of the Toledo Bend local fauna (late Arikareean, early Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences 42(1):1-80