Aralotherium

Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros closely related to Paraceratherium, one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived in China and Kazakhstan during the late Oligocene epoch (28–23 million years ago). It is classified as a member of the hyracodont subfamily Indricotheriinae.

Aralotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene, 28–23 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Hyracodontidae
Subfamily: †Indricotheriinae
Genus: †Aralotherium
Borissiak, 1939
Type species
†Aralotherium prohorovi
Borissiak, 1939
Species
  • A. prohorovi Borissiak, 1939
  • A. sui (Ye, Meng & Wu, 2003)

Two species are known, A. prohorovi and A. sui.[1][2]

References
  1. J. Ye, J. Meng, and W.-Y. Wu (2003). "Discovery of Paraceratherium in the northern Junggar Basin of Xinjiang" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 41 (3): 220–229.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Z. Qiu and B. Wang (2007). "Paracerathere Fossils of China". Palaeontologia Sinica. New Series C ((29)): 1–396.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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