- been proposed. When alive,
protoceratids would have
resembled deer,
though they were not
directly related.
Protoceratids ranged from 1 to 2 m in length...
-
Synthetoceras tricornatus is a large,
extinct protoceratid,
endemic to
North America (
Nebraska )
during the Late Miocene, 10.3—5.3 Ma,
existing for approximately...
-
seeing po****tions recede. Three-toed
horses (Nannippus), oreodonts,
protoceratids, and
chalicotheres became extinct.
Borophagine dogs and Agriotherium...
- "African unicorn")
Pegasus Sin-you (mythology)
Synthetoceras (extinct
protoceratid/prehistoric
pronghorn species, once
lived throughout Eurasia and North...
-
Natural History.
Kyptoceras is the last
known member of the family. The
protoceratids were
believed to have been
driven to
extinction by more
advanced grazing...
- rhinocerotids,
hipparionine equids), and
Artiodactyla (tay****uids,
protoceratids, camelids, "pseudoceratines," cervids, antilocaprids).
North America...
- rhinoceratoids, three-toed
equids (such as Mesohippus), nimravids,
protoceratids, and
early canids like Hesperocyon. Merycoidodonts, an
endemic American...
- with
herbivorous animals like the
amphibious rhinoceros Teleoceras, the
protoceratid Synthetoceras, the
camel Aepycamelus,
horses like
Neohipparion and Nannippus...
-
themselves lacked antlers.
Another contemporaneous form was the four-horned
protoceratid Protoceras, that was
replaced by
Syndyoceras in the Miocene;
these animals...
- Sivatherium, with a body
weight of 1,250 kg (2,760 lb). The
largest protoceratid was Synthetoceras, it
reached 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long and 150–200 kg (330–440 lb)...
