Prosantorhinus

Prosantorhinus
Temporal range: Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Prosantorhinus
Species

Prosantorhinus douvillei
Prosantorhinus germanicus
Prosantorhinus sp.

Prosantorhinus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros from the lower and middle Miocene. The small teleoceratine rhinocerotid was found in western Europe and Asia. This group of creatures was a bit Hippopotamus like in form.

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