Meninatherium Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | † Meninatherium Abel, 1910 |
Species: | †M. telleri |
Binomial name | |
†Meninatherium telleri Abel, 1910 | |
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