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Diaceratherium

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Diaceratherium
Temporal range: Oligocene–Early Miocene
D. aurelianense skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Aceratheriinae
Genus: Diaceratherium
Dietrich, 1931
Species

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Diaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[1]

Species

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Studies in 2019 suggested that seven species are valid:[2]

  • Diaceratherium aginense (Répelin, 1917)
  • Diaceratherium askazansorense Kordikova, 2001
  • Diaceratherium asphaltense (Depéret & Douxami, 1902)
  • Diaceratherium aurelianense (Nouel, 1866)
  • Diaceratherium lamilloquense Michel, 1987
  • Diaceratherium lemanense (Pomel, 1853)
  • Diaceratherium tomerdingense Dietrich, 1931, type species

Some sources separate the genus Brachydiceratherium from Diaceratherium, in which case some of the species listed above are placed in Brachydiceratherium.[3]

Diaceratherium aginense jaw

References

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  1. ^ Becker, D.; Bürgin, T.; Oberli, U.; Scherler, L. (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): Systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254 (1–2): 5–39. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
  2. ^ Jame, Claire; Tissier, Jérémy; Maridet, Olivier; Becker, Damien (2019). "Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium". PeerJ. 7: e7517. doi:10.7717/peerj.7517. PMC 6717501. PMID 31523499.
  3. ^ Hullot, Manon; Martin, Céline; Blondel, Cécile; Becker, Damien; Rössner, Gertrud E. (9 October 2024). "Evolutionary palaeoecology of European rhinocerotids across the Oligocene–Miocene transition". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (10). doi:10.1098/rsos.240987. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 11461060. PMID 39386991. Retrieved 5 November 2024.