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Lartetotherium

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Lartetotherium
Temporal range: Miocene
Lartetotherium sansaniense skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Lartetotherium
Ginsburg, 1974
Species:
L. sansaniense
Binomial name
Lartetotherium sansaniense
Ginsburg, 1974
Synonyms

Dicerorhinus sansaniensis

Lartetotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived during the Miocene in Europe[1] and possibly China.[2]

Skull

The type species Lartetotherium sansaniense was a unique cursorial rhinoceros with a distinctly long horn. Its teeth were brachyodont, indicating its diet contained a high quantity of soft plants and a lower proportion of woody material.[3]

A 2023 study reassigned the species Dicerorhinus cixianensis (Chen and Wu, 1976) from the Middle Miocene of Cixian County, Hebei Province, China, to the genus.[2] The species is known from a single partial skull and juvenile mandible, notably small in size.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Antoine, P. O.; Bulot, C.; Ginsburg, L. O. (2000). "Les rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) de l'Orléanien des bassins de la Garonne et de la Loire (France) : Intérêt biostratigraphique". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA. 330 (8): 571. Bibcode:2000CRASE.330..571A. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00174-9.
  2. ^ a b Deng, T.; Li, S., 2023. Restudy of Rhinocerotini fossils from the Miocene Jiulongkou fauna of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 61: 198-211 - DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.230630
  3. ^ Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.
  4. ^ Tong, Hao-wen (2012). "Evolution of the non-Coelodonta dicerorhine lineage in China". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 11 (8): 555–562. Bibcode:2012CRPal..11..555T. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2012.06.002.