Shansirhinus
Shansirhinus Temporal range:
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Skull of Shansirhinus ringstromi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
Genus: | †Shansirhinus Kretzoi, 1942 |
Type species | |
†Shansirhinus ringstromi Kretzoi, 1942
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Species | |
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Shansirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to China during the Miocene through Pliocene.[1]
Members of Shansirhinus were originally classified as species of Chilotherium.
References[]
- ^ Deng, T. (2005). "New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China". Geobios. 38 (3): 301–313. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.12.003.
Categories:
- Miocene rhinoceroses
- Miocene mammals of Asia
- Pliocene mammals of Asia
- Pliocene rhinoceroses
- Fossil taxa described in 1942
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulate stubs