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Hispanotherium 
Summary
Hispanotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16—7.25 mya existing for approximately 8.75 million years.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Elasmotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Hispanotherium Crusafont and Villalte, 1947 |
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Taxonomy edit
Hispanotherium was erected by Crusafont and Villalta (1947) for the nominal species "Rhinoceros" matritense.[2][3] The Asian form Huaqingtherium was once assigned to Hispanotherium, but was eventually recognized as distinct. [4][5][6]
References edit
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Hispanotherium, basic info
- ^ Crusafont, M., and J. F. Villalta. 1947. Sobre un interesante rinoceronte (Hispanotherium) del Mioceno del Valle de Manzanares. Las Ciencias 12:869–883.
- ^ Prado, C. de. 1864. Descripci´on F´ısica y Geol´ogica de la Provincia de Madrid. Junta General de Estad´ıstica. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid.
- ^ T. Deng (2003). "New material of Hispanotherium matritense (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from Laogou of Hezheng County (Gansu, China), with special reference to the Chinese Middle Miocene elasmotheres". Geobios. 36 (2): 141–150. Bibcode:2003Geobi..36..141D. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(03)00003-2.
- ^ Antoine, P.-O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 95–118. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x. S2CID 86800130.
- ^ O. Sanisidro; M. T. Alberdi; J. Morales (2012). "The First Complete Skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, 1864) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 446–455. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.639420. S2CID 55538577.