Gulfoceras
Appearance
Gulfoceras Temporal range: Miocene
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Genus: | Gulfoceras Albright (1999)
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Gulfoceras is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to North America from the Miocene, living from 23.03—20.4 mya existing for approximately 2.63 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Gulfoceras was named by Albright (1999). Its type is Gulfoceras westfalli. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Albright (1999).[2]
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Gulfoceras, basic info
- ^ 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