Persiatherium rodleri Pandolfi 2015 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Full reference: L. Pandolfi. 2015. Persiatherium rodleri, gen. et sp. nov. (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the upper Miocene of Maragheh (northwestern Iran). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Belongs to Persiatherium according to L. Pandolfi 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMW 2014/0426/0001, a partial skull (Basal portion of skull with right and left maxillae). Its type locality is Kopran, Maragheh, which is in a Vallesian terrestrial horizon in Iran.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Kopran, Maragheh

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