Mammal
Synthetoceras
It had bony appendages both on its head and on its snout.
Synthetoceras carried bone appendages on both its head and snout.
Three stages. One companion.
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Synthetoceras at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Neogene
- Group
- Protoceratidae
- Protoceratids
- Fossil locations
- Texas
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Synthetoceras
It belonged to the protoceratids, and two species are recognized. Its fossils from Nebraska and Texas reveal part of the variety of North American hoofed mammals during the Miocene.
These structures gave it a unique appearance among Miocene ungulates. Its two species and the findings from Nebraska and Texas help place that form within a broader diversity.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
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- Synthetoceras
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- Synthetoceras
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- Protoceratidae
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- Other artiodactyls
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