Menoceras

Menoceras ("Crescent Horns") is a genus of extinct, small rhinocerotids endemic to most of southern North America and ranged as far south as Panama during the early Miocene epoch. It lived from around 30.7—19.7 Ma, existing for approximately 11 million years.

Menoceras
Temporal range: early Miocene
Mounted M. arikarense skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Elasmotheriinae
Genus: Menoceras
(Troxell, 1921)
Type species
Menoceras arikarense
Species
  • M. arikarense
  • M. barbouri
Synonyms
  • Moschoedestes Stevens, 1969
  • Diceratherium cooki
  • Diceratherium arikarense
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