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Hispanotherium; Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull of Hispanotherium in side-on view
	Hispanotherium beonense teeth and mandible
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:	†Elasmotheriinae
Genus:	†Hispanotherium; Crusafont and Villalte, 1947
Species
	H. beonense (Antoine, 1997); H. corcolense Antoine, Iñigo & Alférez, 2002; H. matritense (Prado, 1864) (type); H. wushanense Sun et al., 2018;

Hispanotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16—7.25 mya existing for approximately 8.75 million years.^[1]

Taxonomy

Hispanotherium was erected by Crusafont and Villalta (1947) for the nominal species "Rhinoceros" matritense.^[2]^[3] The Asian form Huaqingtherium was once assigned to Hispanotherium, but was eventually recognized as distinct. ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Palaeoecology

H. beonense is suggested to have been a mixed feeder as evidenced by its dental microwear and mesowear.^[7]

References

^ "PaleoBiology Database: Hispanotherium, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
^ Crusafont, M., and J. F. Villalta. 1947. Sobre un interesante rinoceronte (Hispanotherium) del Mioceno del Valle de Manzanares. Las Ciencias 12:869–883.
^ Prado, C. de. 1864. Descripci´on F´ısica y Geol´ogica de la Provincia de Madrid. Junta General de Estad´ıstica. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid.
^ T. Deng (2003). "New material of Hispanotherium matritense (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from Laogou of Hezheng County (Gansu, China), with special reference to the Chinese Middle Miocene elasmotheres". Geobios. 36 (2): 141–150. Bibcode:2003Geobi..36..141D. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(03)00003-2.
^ 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.
^ O. Sanisidro; M. T. Alberdi; J. Morales (2012). "The First Complete Skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, 1864) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 446–455. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.639420. S2CID 55538577.
^ Hullot, Manon; Laurent, Yves; Merceron, Gildas; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (2021). "Paleoecology of the Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Béon 1, Montréal-du-Gers (late early Miocene, SW France): Insights from dental microwear texture analysis, mesowear, and enamel hypoplasia" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1163. Retrieved 29 November 2024.