Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: B. Ménouret and C. Guérin. 2009. Diaceratherium massiliae nov. sp. des argiles oligocènes de Saint-André et Saint-Henri à Marseille et de Les Milles près d’Aix-en-Provence (SE de la France), premier grand Rhinocerotidae brachypode européen. Geobios 42:293-327
Belongs to Diaceratherium according to B. Ménouret and C. Guérin 2009
Sister taxa: Diaceratherium aginense, Diaceratherium armatum, Diaceratherium askazansorense, Diaceratherium asphaltense, Diaceratherium aurelianense, Diaceratherium lamilloquense, Diaceratherium lemanense, Diaceratherium shanwangensis, Diaceratherium tomerdingense
Type specimen: FSL 520287, a limb element (Left metacarpal IV). Its type locality is Saint-Henri, which is in a Chattian terrestrial claystone in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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