Aralotherium
Aralotherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Hyracodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Indricotheriinae |
Genus: | †Aralotherium Borissiak, 1939 |
Type species | |
†Aralotherium prohorovi Borissiak, 1939 | |
Species | |
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Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros closely related to Paraceratherium, one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived in China and Kazakhstan during the late Oligocene epoch (28–23 million years ago). It is classified as a member of the hyracodont subfamily Indricotheriinae.
References
- ↑ J. Ye, J. Meng, and W.-Y. Wu (2003). "Discovery of Paraceratherium in the northern Junggar Basin of Xinjiang" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 41 (3): 220–229.
- ↑ Z. Qiu and B. Wang (2007). "Paracerathere Fossils of China". Palaeontologia Sinica. New Series C ((29)): 1–396.
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