Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Punjabitherium platyrhinus

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1847. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Being the fossil zoology of the Sewalik Hills in the north of India. Illustrations–Part VIII Suidae and Rhinocerotidae.

Belongs to Rhinoceros according to L. Pandolfi and L. Maiorino 2016

See also Falconer and Cautley 1847, Khan 1971 and Lydekker 1876

Sister taxa: Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus), Rhinoceros deccanensis, Rhinoceros elatus, Rhinoceros goldfussii, Rhinoceros habereri, Rhinoceros iravadicus, Rhinoceros leptodon, Rhinoceros leptorhinus, Rhinoceros minutus, Rhinoceros namadicus, Rhinoceros palaeindicus, Rhinoceros philippinensis, Rhinoceros planidens, Rhinoceros plicidens, Rhinoceros sinensis, Rhinoceros sivalensis, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Rhinoceros unicornis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sewalik Hills [GENERAL], which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in India

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Sewalik Hills [GENERAL]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.