Shansirhinus

Shansirhinus
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Pliocene
Skull of Shansirhinus ringstromi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Shansirhinus
Kretzoi 1942

Shansirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to Eurasia during the Miocene through Pliocene.[1]

References

  1. Deng, T. (2005). "New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China". Geobios. 38 (3): 301–313. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.12.003.
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