Caementodon

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Caementodon
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene
Caementodon caucasicum.jpg
Caementodon caucasicum skeleton in the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Elasmotheriinae
Genus: Caementodon
Heissig, 1972
Species
  • Caementodon caucasicum
  • Caementodon oettingenae
  • Caementodon fangxianense

Caementodon is an extinct genus of rhinoceros of the clade Elasmotheriinae endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Antoine, P. O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 95. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x.
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