Acerorhinus
| Acerorhinus Temporal range: Miocene
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| 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]
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).[2]
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Aceratherium, basic info
- ^ P.-O. Antoine and G. Saraç. 2005. Rhinocerotidae from the late Miocene of Akkasdagi, Turkey. Geodiversitas 27(4):601-632