Caementodon

Caementodon is an extinct genus of rhinoceros of the clade Elasmotheriina endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene.[1]

Caementodon
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene
Caementodon caucasicum skeleton in the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:
Rhinocerotinae
Genus:
Caementodon

Heissig, 1972
Species
  • C. caucasicum
  • C. oettingenae
  • C. fangxianense

References
  1. Antoine, P. O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 95. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x.
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