Kingdom Animalia Family Rhinocerotidae Genus Coelodonta Order Odd-toed ungulate | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Similar Coelodonta, Vulpes qiuzhudingi, Lartetotherium, Odd‑toed ungulate, Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | ||
The Tibetan woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta thibetana) is an extinct species of woolly rhinoceros native to western Himalayas that lived during the middle Pliocene epoch. C. thibetana is known from the holotype IVPP V15908, a partially complete skull including incomplete lower jaw preserved with full dentition. It was first named by Tao Deng, Xiaoming Wang, Mikael Fortelius, Qiang Li, Yang Wang, Zhijie J. Tseng, Gary T. Takeuchi, Joel E. Saylor, Laura K. Säilä and Guangpu Xie in 2011.
Phylogeny
The descriptors conducted a phylogenetic analysis of the five living rhinoceros species and thirteen extinct species. They qualify following cladogram, where C. thibetana a basal position within his genus was awarded.
References
Coelodonta thibetana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA