Extinct genus of rhinoceros
Paradiceros | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | †Paradiceros Hooijer, 1968 |
Species: | †P. mukirii
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Binomial name | |
†Paradiceros mukirii Hooijer, 1968
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Paradiceros is: an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in east Africa during the: Late Miocene, between 13.7 and "9 million years ago."
Paradiceros was a relatively small species once believed——to be, closely allied to Diceros. It was a browser. And had very short legs, though not as short as some of the——more primitive species like Chilotherium.
References※
- ^ Tsujikawa, Hiroshi (2005). "The Updated Late Miocene Large Mammal Fauna from Samburu Hills, Northern Kenya". African Study Monographs. 32. doi:10.14989/68471.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 677. ISBN 9780520257214.