Trigonias

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This article is about the extinct rhinoceros. For the bivalves, see Trigoniidae.

Trigonias
Temporal range: late Eocene
T. osborni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: †Trigonias
Lucas, 1900
Type species
†Trigonias osborni
Species
  • †T. osborni
  • †T. wellsi
Synonyms
  • †Procaenopus Figgins, 1934

Trigonias (Greek: "triangular" (trigonos), "ias" ) is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the late Eocene (Chadronian) some 35 million years ago of North America. Trigonias was about 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) long and, despite lacking horns, looked a lot like modern rhinos. Its front legs had five toes (as contrasted with three in modern rhinos), the fifth of which was vestigial.

A specimen of T. osborni was estimated to have a weight of about 391 kilograms (862 lb).

Notes

  1. ^ Prothero, 2005, p. 184.
  2. ^ a b Prothero, 2005, pp. 35-37.
  3. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ Prothero, 2005
  5. ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 264. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
  6. ^ http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=52444 [dead link]

References

  • Prothero, Donald R. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 218 pp. ISBN 0-521-83240-3


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