Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Full reference: C.-S. Chiu. 1973. A New Genus of Giant Rhinoceros from Oligocene of Dzungaria, Sinkiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(2):182-191
Parent taxon: Paraceratheriinae according to Z. Qiu and B. Wang 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Qiu et al. 2004 and Ye et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Aralotherium, Juxia, Paraceratherium, Pristinotherium, Turpanotherium, Urtinotherium, Benaratherium
Subtaxa: Dzungariotherium orgosensis Dzungariotherium tienshanense Dzungariotherium turfanensis
Type: Dzungariotherium orgosensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1)
• Oligocene of China (7)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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