Plesiaceratherium Young 1937 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Parent taxon: Aceratheriinae according to X.-K. Lu et al. 2016

See also Antoine et al. 2000, Antoine et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Sach and Heizmann 2001 and Tong 2001

Sister taxa: Acerorhinus, Aphelops, Chilotheridium, Chilotheriini, Floridaceras, Galushaceras, Hoploaceratherium, Peraceras, Proaceratherium, Subchilotherium

Subtaxa: Plesiaceratherium fahlbuschi Plesiaceratherium gracile Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Plesiaceratherium platyodon

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Type: Plesiaceratherium gracile

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (3 collections), France (8), Germany (8), Pakistan (1)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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