†Elasmotherium Fischer 1808 (rhinoceros)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Parent taxon: Elasmotheriini according to T. Deng 2003
See also Antoine et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Owen 1848, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Tong 2001
Sister taxa: Aegyrcitherium, Gobitherium, Menoceratina, Parelasmotherium
Subtaxa: Elasmotherium caucasicum Elasmotherium sibiricum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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