Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combinations: Acerotherium perimense, Rhinoceros perimensis
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 Aceratherium according to K. N. Prasad 1974
See also Falconer and Cautley 1847 and Lydekker 1876
Sister taxa: Aceratherium huadeensis, Aceratherium incisivum, Aceratherium persistens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Perim Island, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial horizon in the Piram Conglomerate Formation of India
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (2 collections)
• Neogene of Myanmar (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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