Protaceratherium
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| Protaceratherium | |
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| File:Protaceratherium minutum restoration.jpg | |
| P. minutum skeleton | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Protaceratherium Abel, 1910[1] |
| Species | |
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Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[2]
It was a primitive, lightly built rhinoceros that was adapted to running.[3]
Palaeoecology
[edit | edit source]Analysis of dental δ13C values combined with dental mesowear and microwear show that P. minutum fed primarily on C3 plants and that it consumed less abrasive plants than the contemporary Mesaceratherium paulhiacense.[4]
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