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

  1. ^ "Shennongtherium". Fossilworks.
  2. S2CID 86800130
    .