Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceratherium armatum Green, 1958:591-594 Diceratherium cf. armatum Konizeski and Donohoe, 1958:49 Diceratherium cf. armatum Rasmussen, 1977, p. 412-413 Diceratherium armatum Prothero, 2005, p. 51
Full reference: D. R. Prothero and D. L. Rasmussen. 2008. New giant rhinoceros from the Arikareean (Oligocene–Miocene) of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:323-330
Belongs to Diceratherium according to D. R. Prothero and D. L. Rasmussen 2008
Sister taxa: Diceratherium annectens, Diceratherium armatum, Diceratherium matutinum, Diceratherium minus, Diceratherium niobrarense, Diceratherium niobrarensis, Diceratherium persistens, Diceratherium tridactylum, Diceratherium truquianum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Middle Cabbage Patch Beds, which is in an Arikareean pond horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Montana)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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