| Hispanotherium Temporal range: Late Miocene |
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| Hispanotherium beonense tooth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhinocerotinae |
| Genus: | Hispanotherium Crusafont and Villalta (1947) |
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Hispanotherium was a genus of rhinoceros of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16—7.25 mya existing for approximately 8.75 million years.[1]
Hispanotherium was named by Crusafont and Villalta (1947). Its type is Hispanotherium lintungensis. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Elasmotheriini by Deng (2003)[2]; and to Iranotheriinae by Guérin and Pickford (2003).[3]