page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of South Dakota
section_title: P
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of South Dakota / P
caption_attribution_description: Protoceras
context_page_description: This list of the Cenozoic life of South Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of South Dakota and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
context_section_description: †Paciculus
  †Paciculus cedrus – type locality for species
  †Paciculus montanus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Paciculus nebraskensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Paciculus woodi
  †Palaeoborus
  †Palaeoborus rosatus – type locality for species
    †Palaeocastor
  †Palaeocastor peninsulatus
  †Palaeocastor wahlerti
  †Palaeogale
  †Palaeogale dorothiae – type locality for species
  †Palaeogale sectoria
  †Palaeolagus
  †Palaeolagus burkei
  †Palaeolagus haydeni
  †Palaeolagus hypsodus
  †Palaeolagus intermedius
  †Palaeolagus philoi – type locality for species
  †Palaeonossax – type locality for genus
  †Palaeonossax senectus – type locality for species
  †Paleoheterodon
  †Paleoheterodon tiheni
  †Parablastomeryx
  †Parablastomeryx gregorii
  †Paracrax
  †Paracrax gigantea – type locality for species
  †Paracrax wetmorei – type locality for species
  †Paradaphoenus
  †Paradaphoenus minimus
  †Paradaphoenus tooheyi – type locality for species
  †Paradjidaumo
  †Paradjidaumo trilophus
  †Paraenhydrocyon
  †Paraenhydrocyon robustus
  †Parahippus
  †Parahippus cognatus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Parahippus pawniensis
  †Parahippus pristinus – type locality for species
  †Paramerychyus
  †Paramerychyus harrisonensis
  †Paramerychyus relictus
  †Paramys
  †Paramys relictus
  †Paranymphaea
  †Paranymphaea crassifolia
  †Paranyroca – type locality for genus
  †Paranyroca magna – type locality for species
  †Parapliosaccomys
  †Parapliosaccomys hibbardi – or unidentified related form
  †Paratomarctus
  †Paratomarctus euthos
  †Paratylopus
  †Paratylopus labiatus
  †Parictis
  †Parictis dakotensis – type locality for species
  †Parictis gilpini – type locality for species
  †Parictis major – type locality for species
  †Parictis parvus – type locality for species
  †Parvericius
  †Parvericius montanus
   †Peltosaurus
  †Peltosaurus granulosus
  †Pelycomys
  †Pelycomys placidus
  †Penetrigonias
  †Penetrigonias dakotensis
  †Peraceras
  †Peraceras superciliosum
  †Perchoerus
  †Perchoerus minor
  †Perchoerus nanus
  †Perchoerus probus – or unidentified comparable form
  Perognathus
  †Perognathus brevidens
  †Perognathus coquorum – or unidentified comparable form
  †Perognathus trojectioansrum
  Peromyscus
  †Philotrox
  †Philotrox condoni
  †Phlaocyon
  †Phlaocyon minor
  Phrynosoma
  †Phrynosoma douglassi
  †Planera
  †Planera raynoldsi
   †Platygonus
  †Plesiosorex
  †Plesiosorex coloradensis
  †Plesiosorex donroosai – type locality for species
  †Pleurolicus
  †Pleurolicus clasoni
  †Pleurolicus dakotensis – type locality for species
  †Pleurolicus sulcifrons
  †Pliauchenia
  †Pliauchenia magnifontis
  †Pliogale
  †Pliogale manka
   †Pliohippus
  †Pliohippus pernix
  †Pliophenacomys
  †Pliophenacomys osborni – or unidentified comparable form
  †Pliosaccomys
  †Pliosaccomys dubius – or unidentified comparable form
  †Poebrotherium
  †Poebrotherium wilsoni
  †Pogonodon
  †Pogonodon brachyops
  †Pogonodon cismontanus – type locality for species
  †Pogonodon eileenae
  †Problastomeryx
  †Problastomeryx primus
  †Procamelus
  †Procamelus grandis
  †Procastoroides
  †Procastoroides sweeti – or unidentified comparable form
  †Procrax – type locality for genus
  †Procrax brevipes – type locality for species
  †Prodipodomys
  †Prodipodomys idahoensis
  †Prodipoides
  †Prodipoides dividerus
  †Proharrymys
  †Proharrymys fedti – type locality for species
  †Proharrymys schlaikjeri
  †Proharrymys wahlerti
  †Proheteromys
  †Proheteromys gremmelsi – type locality for species
  †Proheteromys ironcloudi – type locality for species
  †Proheteromys matthewi – type locality for species
  †Promartes
  †Promartes gemmarosae
  †Promartes lepidus – type locality for species
  †Promartes olcotti
   †Promerycochoerus
  †Promerycochoerus carrikeri
  †Promerycochoerus superbus
  †Promylagaulus
  †Promylagaulus riggsi – type locality for species
  †Proscalops
  †Proscalops evelynae – type locality for species
  †Proscalops secundus
  †Proscalops tertius
  †Prosciurus
  †Prosciurus dawsonae
  †Prosthennops
  †Prosthennops niobrarensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Protapirus
  †Protapirus obliquidens – type locality for species
  †Protapirus simplex – type locality for species
  †Proterix
  †Proterix bicuspis
  †Proterix loomisi
   †Protoceras
  †Protoceras celer
  †Protoceras skinneri – type locality for species
  †Protohippus
  
caption: Life restoration of a female (left) and male of the Oligocene-Miocene even-toed ungulate Protoceras. Charles R. Knight (1896).
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