Meninatherium
| Meninatherium Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Meninatherium Abel, 1910 |
| Binomial name | |
| Meninatherium telleri Abel, 1910 | |
Meninatherium is a poorly understood extinct genus of Asian rhinoceros. It is known only from an Upper Oligocene European type specimen which was destroyed during World War II.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Prothero, Donald R. (1986). "The phylogeny of the Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 87: 341-366. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01340.x.
- ↑ Obel, A (1910). "Kritische Untersuchungen über die palaogenen Rhinocerotiden Europas". Abhandlungen Kaiserlich-Koenigliche Geologische Reichsanstalt 20 (3): 1-51.