Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Alternative combination: Dzungariotherium orgosense
Full reference: C.-S. Chiu. 1973. A New Genus of Giant Rhinoceros from Oligocene of Dzungaria, Sinkiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(2):182-191
Belongs to Dzungariotherium according to Z. Qiu and B. Wang 2007
See also Qiu et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Dzungariotherium tienshanense, Dzungariotherium turfanensis
Type specimen: IVPP V3190, a skull (skull with lower jaw). Its type locality is 20 km south of Anjihai Bridge, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Shawan Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Oligocene of China (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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