Urtinotherium
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Not to be confused with Uintatherium.
| Urtinotherium Temporal range: Eocene, 37.2–33.9Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Hyracodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Indricotheriinae |
| Genus: | Urtinotherium Chow, 1958 |
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Urtinotherium is a prehistoric genus of odd-toed ungulate. It is large animal that was closely related to Paraceratherium, and is named after the Urtyn Obo formation of Inner Mongolia, in which it was first discovered.[1]
References
- ↑ Uapovich, Bayshashov Bolat; Lucas, Spencer George (2001). "The giant rhinoceros Urtinotherium from the upper Eocene of the Zayan Basin, Kazakhstan" (PDF). Zoological journal of Kazakhstan: 185–187. ISSN 1024-7688. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
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