Huqingtherium lintungense Zhai 1978 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combinations: Hispanotherium lintungensis, Huaqingtherium lintungensis

Full reference: R.-j. Zhai. 1978. [A primitive elasmothere from the Miocene of Lintung, Shensi]. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 7:122-126

Belongs to Huqingtherium according to P.-O. Antoine 2003

See also Antoine et al. 2002, Deng 2003, Guérin and Pickford 2003, Tong 2001 and Zhai 1978

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V3085, a skull. Its type locality is Yingbeihoucun (locality 64007), Lengshuigou, Lantong, Shaanxi, which is in the Serravallian of horizon the Lengshuigou Formation China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Huqingtherium lintungense in the database

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