Diaceratherium

Diaceratherium
Temporal range: Oligocene–Early Miocene
D. aurelianense skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Aceratheriinae
Genus: †Diaceratherium
Dietrich, 1931
Species
  • Diaceratherium aurelianense
  • Diaceratherium massiliae Ménouret and Guérin 2009

Diaceratherium is an extinct species of rhinoceros.[1]

Diaceratherium aginense jaw

References

  1. ↑ Becker, D.; Bürgin, T.; Oberli, U.; Scherler, L. (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): Systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254: 5. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
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