Gulfoceras
| Gulfoceras Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ceratomorpha |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | † Albright, 1999 |
| Species: | †G. westfalli
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gulfoceras westfalli Albright, 1999
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Gulfoceras is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids endemic to North America from the Miocene, living from 23.03 to 20.4 mya existing for approximately 2.63 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Gulfoceras was named by Albright (1999). Its type is Gulfoceras westfalli. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Albright (1999).[2]
References
- ^ "PaleoBiology Database: Gulfoceras, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ L. B. Albright. 1999. Ungulates of the Toledo Bend local fauna (late Arikareean, early Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences 42(1):1-80








