Procranioceras

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene}}

| image = Cranioceras.jpg

| image_caption = Procranioceras skinneri skull cast at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

| taxon = Procranioceras

| authority = Frick, 1937

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = P. skinneri Frick, 1937

| range_map = Procranioceras range.png

| synonyms = Cranioceras skinneri (Matthew, 1918)

}}

File:Procranioceras.jpg

Procranioceras is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Middle Miocene, 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|16-13.6|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42637 Procranioceras at fossilworks] Fossils have been found from Florida, Saskatchewan, and Nebraska.

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