synthetocerines

Noun

synthetocerine (plural synthetocerines)

1. An extinct protoceratid of the late Miocene comprising the genus Synthetoceras.
   • Males of the group of Miocene North American deer-like animals, the synthetocerines, have a single, very long horn, balanced circus-like almost at the tip of their snouts, split at the tip like a barbecue fork.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 46