Shansirhinus
Extinct genus of rhinoceros
Shansirhinus Temporal range: Late Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Skull of Shansirhinus ringstromi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
Genus: | †Shansirhinus Kretzoi, 1942 |
Type species | |
†Shansirhinus ringstromi Kretzoi, 1942 | |
Species | |
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Shansirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid 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. Bibcode:2005Geobi..38..301D. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.12.003.
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