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Shennongtherium

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Shennongtherium
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Shennongtherium
Huang & Yan, 1983[1]
Species:
S. hypsodontus
Binomial name
Shennongtherium hypsodontus
Huang & Yan, 1983

Shennongtherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Miocene time period. It once roamed in what is now China.

It was originally classified in the subfamily Elasmotheriinae, but has since been found to be closer to true rhinoceros.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Shennongtherium". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Antoine, P-O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 95–118. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x. S2CID 86800130.