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 Edit this 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

  1. "Shennongtherium". Fossilworks.
  2. 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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