Dzungariotherium Chiu 1973 (odd-toed ungulate)

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

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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

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