Diaceratherium

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Diaceratherium
Temporal range: Oligocene–Early Miocene
D. aurelianense skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Aceratheriinae
Genus: Diaceratherium
Dietrich, 1931
Species
  • D. lemanense Pomel, 1853
  • D. aurelianense Nouel, 1866
  • D. asphaltense Depéret & Douxami, 1902
  • D. aginense Répelin, 1917
  • D. tomerdingense Dietrich, 1931 (type)
  • D. lamilloquense Michel in Brunet, De Bonis & Michel, 1987
  • D. askazansorense Kordikova, 2001

Diaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[1]

Studies in 2019 suggested that seven species are valid.[2]

Diaceratherium aginense jaw

References[edit]

  1. ^ Becker, D.; Bürgin, T.; Oberli, U.; Scherler, L. (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): Systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254 (1–2): 5–39. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
  2. ^ Jame, Claire; Tissier, Jérémy; Maridet, Olivier; Becker, Damien (2019). "Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium". PeerJ. 7: e7517. doi:10.7717/peerj.7517. PMC 6717501. PMID 31523499.