Family Rhinocerotidae Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Perissodactyla Subfamily Rhinocerotinae | |
Similar Iranotherium, Diaceratherium, Hispanotherium, Prosantorhinus, Plesiaceratherium | ||
Bugtirhinus was a genus of rhinoceros of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Asia during the Miocene living from 20—16.9 mya existing for approximately 3.1 million years.
Taxonomy
Bugtirhinus was named by Antoine and Welcomme (2000). Its type is Bugtirhinus praecursor. It was assigned to Elasmotheriini by Antoine and Welcomme (2000); and to Iranotheriinae by Guérin and Pickford (2003).
References
Bugtirhinus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA