Kingdom Animalia Family Rhinocerotidae Phylum Chordata Order Odd-toed ungulate | Class Mammalia Subfamily Aceratheriinae Rank Genus | |
Similar Chilotherium, Plesiaceratherium, Hispanotherium, Odd‑toed ungulate, Iranotherium | ||
Acerorhinus was a genus of rhinoceros of the tribe Aceratheriini endemic to Asia from the Miocene, living from 13.6—7.0 mya existing for approximately 6.6 million years.
Taxonomy
Acerorhinus was named by Kretzoi (1942). Its type is Aceratherium zernowi. It was assigned to Aceratherini by Kaya and Heissig (2001); and to Aceratheriini by Antoine and Saraç (2005).
References
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