Acerorhinus

Acerorhinus was a genus of rhinoceros of the tribe Aceratheriini endemic to Asia from the Miocene, living from 13.6—7.0 mya existing for approximately 6.6 million years .[1]Among other locations, well-preserved Acerorhinus skull specimens have been found at Kerassiá in North Eubonea, Greece.[2]

Acerorhinus
Temporal range: Miocene
Skeletal mount, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Aceratheriinae
Genus: Acerorhinus
Kaup (1832)
Species
  • A. zernowi

Taxonomy

Acerorhinus was named by Kretzoi (1942). Its type is Aceratherium zernowi. It was assigned to Aceratherini by Kaya and Heissig (2001); and to Aceratheriini by Antoine and Saraç (2005).[3]

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Aceratherium, basic info
  2. Athanassiou, Athanassios (September 2014). "A new hornless rhinoceros of the genus Acerorhinus (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) from the Upper Miocene of Kerassiá (Euboea, Greece), with a revision of related forms". Palaeontographica Abteilung A via Science Citation Index.
  3. P.-O. Antoine and G. Saraç. 2005. Rhinocerotidae from the late Miocene of Akkasdagi, Turkey. Geodiversitas 27(4):601-632
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