Synthetoceras tricornatus Altirhinus adapted for efficient tissue cutting

adapted for efficient tissue cutting

indicates that it fed on large bony fish

South Dakota and Wyoming

with average annual temperatures close to 30–34 °C

terrestrial that progressively adapted to the aquatic environment

Synthetoceras tricornatus Altirhinus adapted for efficient tissue cuttingSynthetoceras tricornatus was an extinct artiodactyl mammal belonging to Protoceratidae, an exclusively North American family of ungulates that has no living representatives. It lived during the Late Miocene of North America and is particularly well represented in Clarendonian faunas from the southern United States, with important records from Texas and other regions of the Great Plains. Although its general appearance may superficially resemble that