Diaceratherium
Extinct genus of rhinoceros
Diaceratherium Temporal range: Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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D. aurelianense skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
Genus: | †Diaceratherium Dietrich, 1931 |
Species | |
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Diaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[1]
Studies in 2019 suggested that seven species are valid.[2]
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References
- ^ Becker, D.; Bürgin, T.; Oberli, U.; Scherler, L. (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): Systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254 (1–2): 5–39. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
- ^ Jame, Claire; Tissier, Jérémy; Maridet, Olivier; Becker, Damien (2019). "Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium". PeerJ. 7: e7517. doi:10.7717/peerj.7517. PMC 6717501. PMID 31523499.
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