†Dihoplus megarhinus de Christol 1835 (rhinoceros)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combinations: Dicerorhinus megarhinus, Dihophus megarhinus, Rhinoceros megarhinus
Belongs to Dihophus according to T. Deng et al. 2011
See also Loose 1975, Owen 1846 and Symeonidis et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Dihoplus kirchbergensis, Dihoplus pikermiensis, Dihoplus ringstroemi, Dihoplus schleiermacheri
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Slovakia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of Georgia (2), Italy (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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