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karkemish00 — Paratoceras tedfordi by-nc-nd

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Description Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Paratoceras is a medium-sized extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America from the Miocene epoch, 16.3—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 0.33 million years

Fossil distribution
from early Miocene amber-bearing sands near Simojovel Chiapas, southern Mexico

scale based on the images of the reference
Reference : S. D. Webb, B. L. Beatty, and G. Poinar, Jr. 2003. New evidence of Miocene Protoceratidae including a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:348-367
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Viergacht [2012-08-18 05:43:50 +0000 UTC]

Nice, I don't think I've seen one of these restored before.

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