Diaceratherium

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Diaceratherium
Temporal range:
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.

Studies in 2019 suggested that seven species are valid.

Diaceratherium aginense jaw

References

  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.