| Meninatherium Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Meninatherium Abel, 1910 |
| Species: | †M. telleri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Meninatherium telleri Abel, 1910 | |
Meninatherium is a poorly understood extinct genus of Asian rhinocerotid. 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)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87 (4): 341–366. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01340.x.
- ↑ Obel, A (1910). "Kritische Untersuchungen über die palaogenen Rhinocerotiden Europas" (PDF). Abhandlungen Kaiserlich-Koenigliche Geologische Reichsanstalt. 20 (3): 1–51.
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