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Gulfoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Superfamily
  
Rhinocerotoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perissodactyla

Family
  
Rhinocerotidae

Similar
  
Lartetotherium, Iranotherium, Prosantorhinus, Diaceratherium, Plesiaceratherium

Gulfoceras was a genus of rhinoceros endemic to North America from the Miocene, living from 23.03—20.4 mya existing for approximately 2.63 million years but is now extinct.

Taxonomy

Gulfoceras was named by Albright (1999). Its type is Gulfoceras westfalli. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Albright (1999).

References

Gulfoceras Wikipedia