Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combination: Rhinoceros simus
Belongs to Ceratotherium according to T. Deng et al. 2011
See also Antoine and SaraƧ 2005 and Groves et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ceratotherium cottoni, Ceratotherium mauritanicum, Ceratotherium neumayri
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (2), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (28), Kenya (27), Libya (2), Morocco (3), South Africa (7), Sudan (1), Tanzania (18), Tunisia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (3), Malawi (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (10), Kenya (2), Malawi (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (18)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 131 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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