Trigenicus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | † Protoceratidae |
Genus: | †
Trigenicus Douglass 1903 |
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Trigenicus is an extinct genus of small artiodactyl in the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Eocene 37.2—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years. [1] Trigenicus resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.
Fossils have been recovered from: