Iranotherium

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

Iranotherium ("Beast of Iran") was a large elasmothere rhinoceros found in Central Asia. It was a precursor of the related Sinotherium, and may have been ultimately outcompeted by its descendant.

Skull of Iranotherium morgani.
Skull of Iranotherium morgani.

Males were larger than the females and had more developed muscle scars on the zygomatic arch.

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