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Shennongtherium

Summary

Shennongtherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Miocene time period. It once roamed in what is now China.

Shennongtherium
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: †Shennongtherium
Huang & Yan, 1983[1]
Species:
†S. hypsodontus
Binomial name
†Shennongtherium hypsodontus
Huang & Yan, 1983

It was originally classified in the subfamily Elasmotheriinae, but has since been found to be closer to true rhinoceros.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Shennongtherium". Fossilworks.
  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.