Paradiceros

Paradiceros
Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene
13.7–9 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this 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.