Brachypotherium

Brachypotherium
Temporal range: Miocene
Mandible
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Brachypotherium
Roger, 1904

Brachypotherium is an extinct species of rhinoceros.[1]

B. aurelianense mandible from Spain

References

  1. Wilson, R. (1993). "Importance of the field occurrence of the rhinocerotid Brachypotherium americanum Yatkola and Tanner, 1979". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13 (2): 270–270. doi:10.1080/02724634.1993.10011507.
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