Iranotherium

Iranotherium ("Beast of Iran") was a large elasmothere rhinoceros, as big as a modern white rhino, found in the Middle East and Central Asia. It was a precursor of the related Sinotherium, and may have been ultimately outcompeted by its descendant. Males were larger than the females and had more developed muscle scars on the zygomatic arch.[1]

Iranotherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Iranotherium morgani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:
Elasmotheriinae
Genus:
Iranotherium

Ringström, 1924
Binomial name
Iranotherium morgani
Mecquenem, 1908
  • Skull of Iranotherium morgani.
  • Receation of Iranotherium morgani.
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References
  1. "New discovery of Iranotherium morgani (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Late Miocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China, and its sexual dimorphism". ResearchGate. 8 May 2020.
  • Deng, T. (2005). New discovery of Iranotherium morgani (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Miocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China, and its sexual dimorphism. Journal of vertebrate Paleontology, 25(2), 442–450.
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