Jun 10, 2013
Before terrible horns, Prodinoceras (1929)
Phylum : Chordata Class : Mammalia Order : Dinocerata Family : Uintatheriidae Genus : Prodinoceras Species : P. xinjiangensis
Late Pleistocene
3 m long (size)
Mongolia (map)
Prodinoceras was the earliest known uintathere genus, which lived in the late Paleocene of Mongolia. It was a relatively small uintathere, reaching 2.9 m in length. It is also regarded as the basal uintathere, as, although it had the characteristic fang-like tusks, it had yet to evolve the characteristic knob-like horns.
It is very similar to its North American counterpart, Probathyopsis. All experts regard it as Prodinoceras' sister genus.
