Shansirhinus

Shansirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to China during the Miocene through Pliocene.[1]

Shansirhinus
Temporal range:
Skull of Shansirhinus ringstromi
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • S. brancoi
  • S. ringstromi

Members of Shansirhinus were originally classified as species of Chilotherium.

References

  1. 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.


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