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Aceratheriinae is an extinct subfamily of rhinoceros endemic to Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America during the Oligocene through Pliocene living from 33.9—3.4 mya, existing for approximately 30.5 million years.
Taxonomy
Aceratheriinae was named by Dollo (1885). It was assigned to Rhinocerotida by Codrea (1992); and to Rhinocerotidae by Prothero (1998), Antoine et al. (2000), Kaya and Heissig (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001) and Deng (2005).
The following genera are recognized as valid:
References
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