Trigonias

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Fossil range: Early Oligocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Trigonias
Lucas, 1900
Species
  • T. tetradactylum (type
  • T. osborni
  • T. hypostylus
  • T. paucidens
  • T. precopei
  • T. preoccidentalis
  • T. taylori
  • T. wellsu
  • T. yoderensis

Trigonias is an extinct genus of rhinoceros.

It is the oldest rhino of which a well-preserved skeleton has been found. Trigonias was about 2,50 m (8 ft 4 in) long and, despite lacking horns, looked a lot like modern rhinos. Its front legs had five toes (as contrasted with three in modern rhinos), the fifth of which was vestigal.

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