Dolichorhinus

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Dolichorhinus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Uintan), 46.2–42  Ma
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Dolichorhinus hyognathus skull.png
Skull of D. hyognathus.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family:† Brontotheriidae
Subfamily:† Brontotheriinae
Genus:† Dolichorhinus
Hatcher, 1895
Species:
†D. hyognathus
Binomial name
†Dolichorhinus hyognathus
(Osborn, 1889)
Synonyms
Synonyms of D. hyognathus
  • Dolichorhinus cornutum(Osborn, 1895)
  • Dolichorhinus intermediusOsborn, 1908
  • Dolichorhinus heterodonDouglass, 1909
  • Dolichorhinus longicepsDouglass, 1909
  • Dolichorhinus superior(Riggs, 1912)
  • Dolichorhinus fluminalisRiggs, 1912

Dolichorhinus is an extinct genus of brontothere, known from the Middle Eocene (Uintan) of North America. [1] Several species have been named historically, but only one species is recognized as valid today, D. hyognathus. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Mihlbachler, Matthew C. (2008). "Species Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 501. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501[1:STPABO]2.0.CO;2.
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