Procranioceras is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Middle Miocene, 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2.4 million years.[1] Fossils have been found from Florida, Saskatchewan, and Nebraska. The genus contains 2 species, P. skinneri and P. skiuneri. It is around the size of a medium sized deer as well as a relative of the modern deer.
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| Procranioceras skinneri skull cast at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Dromomerycidae |
| Tribe: | †Cranioceratini |
| Genus: | †Procranioceras Frick, 1937 |
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P. skinneri Frick, 1937 | |
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Cranioceras skinneri (Matthew, 1918) | |
References
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