Trigonias

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Trigonias
Temporal range: late Eocene[1]
T. osborni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Trigonias
Lucas, 1900
Type species
Trigonias osborni
Species[2]
  • T. osborni
  • T. wellsi
Synonyms
  • Procaenopus Figgins, 1934[2]

Trigonias (Greek: "triangular" (trigonos), "ias" [denotes possession]

vestigial.[5]

A specimen of T. osborni was estimated to have a weight of about 391 kilograms (862 lb).[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Prothero, 2005, p. 184.
  2. ^ a b Prothero, 2005, pp. 35-37.
  3. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ Prothero, 2005
  5. .
  6. ^ http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=52444 [dead link]

References

  • Prothero, Donald R. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 218 pp.