Paradiceros
| Paradiceros Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Paradiceros Hooijer, 1968 |
| Species: | †P. mukirii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Paradiceros mukirii Hooijer, 1968
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Paradiceros is an extinct genus of rhinoceros that lived in east Africa during the Late Miocene, between 10.5 and 9 million years ago.[1]
Paradiceros was a relatively small species once believed to be closely allied to Diceros. It was a browser and had very short legs, though not as short as some of the more primitive species like Chilotherium.[2]
References
- ^ Tsujikawa, Hiroshi (2005). "The Updated Late Miocene Large Mammal Fauna from Samburu Hills, Northern Kenya". African Study Monographs. 32. doi:10.14989/68471.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 677. ISBN 9780520257214.