Menoceras

Menoceras
Temporal range: early Miocene,
Mounted M. arikarense skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Elasmotheriinae
Genus: Menoceras
(Troxell, 1921)
Type species
Menoceras arikarense
Species
  • M. arikarense
  • M. barbouri
Synonyms
  • Moschoedestes Stevens, 1969
  • Diceratherium cooki
  • Diceratherium arikarense

Menoceras ("Crescent Horns") is a genus of extinct, small rhinocerotids endemic to most of southern North America and ranged as far south as Panama during the early Miocene epoch. It lived from around 23.1-12.5 Ma, existing for approximately 10.6 million years.