Paradiceros

Paradiceros Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene 13.7–9  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	† Paradiceros Hooijer, 1968
Species:	†P. mukirii
Binomial name
†Paradiceros mukirii Hooijer, 1968

Paradiceros is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in east Africa during the Late Miocene, between 13.7 and 9 million years ago. ^[1]

Paradiceros was a relatively small species once believed to be closely allied to Diceros . It was a browser and had very short legs, though not as short as some of the more primitive species like Chilotherium . ^[2]

References

1. Tsujikawa, Hiroshi (2005). "The Updated Late Miocene Large Mammal Fauna from Samburu Hills, Northern Kenya". African Study Monographs. 32. doi:10.14989/68471.
2. Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 677. ISBN   9780520257214.