Shansirhinus
| Shansirhinus Temporal range: | |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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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