†Plesiaceratherium gracile Young 1937 (rhinoceros)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Belongs to Plesiaceratherium according to X.-K. Lu et al. 2016
See also Antoine et al. 2000 and Lu 2013
Sister taxa: Plesiaceratherium fahlbuschi, Plesiaceratherium lumiarense, Plesiaceratherium platyodon
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shanwang Bed sw2, Linchu district, Shantung province, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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