Shennongtherium
Shennongtherium is an extinct genus of rhinoceros from the Miocene time period. It once roamed in what is now China.
| Shennongtherium Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Shennongtherium Huang & Yan, 1983[1] |
| Species: | †S. hypsodontus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Shennongtherium hypsodontus Huang & Yan, 1983 | |
It was originally classified in the subfamily Elasmotheriinae, but has since been found to be closer to true rhinoceros.[2]
References
- "Shennongtherium". Fossilworks.
- Antoine, P-O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2). doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x.
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