Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: T. Deng, X. Wang, M. Fortelius, Q. Li, Y. Wang, Z. J. Tseng, G. T. Takeuchi, J. E. Saylor, L. K. Säilä and G. Xie. 2011. Out of Tibet: Pliocene woolly rhino suggests high-plateau origin of Ice Age megaherbivores. Science 333:1285-1288
Belongs to Coelodonta according to T. Deng et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Coelodonta antiquitatis, Coelodonta nihowanensis, Coelodonta tologoijensis
Type specimen: IVPP no. 15908, a partial skeleton (complete skull and mandible with associated vertebrae). Its type locality is Zanda (ZD0740), which is in a MN 15 floodplain siltstone/claystone in the Zanda Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Zanda (ZD0740)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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