Elasmotherium Fischer 1808 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Parent taxon: Elasmotheriini according to T. Deng 2003

See also Antoine et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Owen 1848, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Tong 2001

Sister taxa: Aegyrcitherium, Gobitherium, Menoceratina, Parelasmotherium

Subtaxa: Elasmotherium caucasicum Elasmotherium sibiricum

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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