Acerorhinus
| Acerorhinus Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
| Genus: | †Acerorhinus Kaup (1832) |
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Acerorhinus was a genus of rhinoceros of the tribe Aceratheriini endemic to Asia from the Miocene, living from 13.6—7.0 mya existing for approximately 6.6 million years.[1]Among other locations, well-preserved Acerorhinus skull specimens have been found at Kerassiá in North Eubonea, Greece.[2]
Taxonomy
Acerorhinus was named by Kretzoi (1942). Its type is Aceratherium zernowi. It was assigned to Aceratherini by Kaya and Heissig (2001); and to Aceratheriini by Antoine and Saraç (2005).[3]
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Aceratherium, basic info
- ^ Athanassiou, Athanassios (September 2014). "A new hornless rhinoceros of the genus Acerorhinus (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) from the Upper Miocene of Kerassiá (Euboea, Greece), with a revision of related forms". Palaeontographica Abteilung A – via Science Citation Index.
- ^ P.-O. Antoine and G. Saraç. 2005. Rhinocerotidae from the late Miocene of Akkasdagi, Turkey. Geodiversitas 27(4):601-632