Diaceratherium

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Diaceratherium
Temporal range: Oligocene–Early Miocene
Diaceratherium aurelianense.JPG
D. aurelianense skull
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Aceratheriinae
Genus: Diaceratherium
Dietrich, 1931
Species
  • D. lemanensePomel, 1853
  • D. aurelianense Nouel, 1866
  • D. asphaltenseDepéret & Douxami, 1902
  • D. aginenseRépelin, 1917
  • D. tomerdingenseDietrich, 1931 (type)
  • D. lamilloquenseMichel in Brunet, De Bonis & Michel, 1987
  • D. askazansorenseKordikova, 2001

Diaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia. [1]

Studies in 2019 suggested that seven species are valid. [2]

Diaceratherium aginense jaw Diaceratherium aginense jaw.jpg
Diaceratherium aginense jaw

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References

  1. Becker, D.; Bürgin, T.; Oberli, U.; Scherler, L. (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): Systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254 (1–2): 5–39. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
  2. Jame, Claire; Tissier, Jérémy; Maridet, Olivier; Becker, Damien (2019). "Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium". PeerJ. 7: e7517. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7517 . PMC   6717501 . PMID   31523499.