†Aprotodon Forster-Cooper 1915 (rhinoceros)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Parent taxon: Teleoceratini according to D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch 1989
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Brachydiceratherium, Brachypodella, Brachypotherium, Diaceratherium, Prosantorhinus, Teleoceras
Subtaxa: Aprotodon aralensis Aprotodon fatehjangense Aprotodon lanzhouensis Aprotodon smithwoodwardi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (10 collections), Pakistan (7)
• Oligocene of China (2), Kazakhstan (1), Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of China (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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