Lartetotherium
| Lartetotherium Temporal range: Miocene
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| Lartetotherium sansaniense skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Lartetotherium Ginsburg, 1974 |
| Species: | †L. sansaniense
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lartetotherium sansaniense Ginsburg, 1974
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Dicerorhinus sansaniensis | |
Lartetotherium is an extinct species of rhinoceros that lived during the Miocene in Europe.[1]
Skull
The species Lartetotherium sansaniense was a unique cursorial rhinoceros with a distinctly long horn. Its teeth were brachyodont, indicating its diet contained a high quantity of soft plants and a lower proportion of woody material.[2]
References[]
- ^ Antoine, P. O.; Bulot, C.; Ginsburg, L. O. (2000). "Les rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) de l'Orléanien des bassins de la Garonne et de la Loire (France) : Intérêt biostratigraphique". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA. 330 (8): 571. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00174-9.
- ^ Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.
Categories:
- Miocene rhinoceroses
- Miocene mammals of Europe