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 ft 6 in) 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
Skull of Prodinoceras martyr
Prodinoceras xinjiangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Dinocerata
Genus: †Prodinoceras
Matthew, Granger & Simpson, 1929
Synonyms
  • Mongolotherium Flerov, 1952
  • Jiaoluotherium Tong, 1978
  • Houyanotherium Tong, 1978
  • Phenaceras Tong, 1979
  • Ganatherium Tong, 1979
  • Pyrodon Zhai, 1978

References
  1. "Paleocene mammals of the world". Archived from the original on 11 September 2022.


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