Brachypotherium

Brachypotherium is an extinct genus of rhinoceros.[1] A now lost m1 molar referrable to Brachypotherium brachypus was apparently found during gold mining in New Caledonia during 19th century, being misidentified as Zygomaturus.[2][3]

B. aurelianense mandible from Spain

Brachypotherium
Temporal range: Miocene
Mandible
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:
Aceratheriinae
Genus:
†Brachypotherium

Roger, 1904

References
  1. Wilson, R. (1993). "Importance of the field occurrence of the rhinocerotid Brachypotherium americanum Yatkola and Tanner, 1979". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13 (2): 270–270. doi:10.1080/02724634.1993.10011507.
  2. Guerin, Claude; Winslow, John H.; Piboule, Michel; Faure, Martine (January 1981). "Le prétendu rhinocéros de Nouvelle Calédonie est un marsupial (Zygomaturus diahotensis nov. sp.)". Geobios. 14 (2): 201–217. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80004-6. ISSN 0016-6995.
  3. Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (March 2012). "Pleistocene and Holocene rhinocerotids (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Indochinese Peninsula". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 11 (2–3): 159–168. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2011.03.002. ISSN 1631-0683.
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