Meninatherium
Meninatherium is a poorly understood extinct genus of Asian rhinoceros. It is known only from an Upper Oligocene European type specimen which was destroyed during World War II.[1][2]
| Meninatherium Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
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| Genus: | Meninatherium Abel, 1910 |
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| Meninatherium telleri Abel, 1910 | |
References
- Prothero, Donald R. (1986). "The phylogeny of the Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87: 341–366. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01340.x.
- Obel, A (1910). "Kritische Untersuchungen über die palaogenen Rhinocerotiden Europas" (PDF). Abhandlungen Kaiserlich-Koenigliche Geologische Reichsanstalt. 20 (3): 1–51.
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