Synthetoceratinae
Synthetoceratinae is an extinct subfamily of Protoceratidae, deer-like herbivorous mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. They were endemic to North America during the Miocene epoch, living 23.03—3.9 Ma, existing for approximately . Taxonomy. Synthetoceratinae was named by Frick (1937). Its type genus is "Synthetoceras". It was considered monophyletic by Webb "et al." (2003). It was assigned to Protoceratidae by Webb (1981), Prothero (1998), Webb et al. (2003), Hulbert and Whitmore (2006) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007). Tribes. Synthetoceratinae contains the tribes Kyptoceratini and Synthetoceratini.