Tongxinotherium
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Tongxinotherium |
| Species: | †T. latirhinum
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| †Tongxinotherium latirhinum Sun et. al., 2023
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Tongxinotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived during the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Tongxinotherium latirhinum is known from fossils found in the Zhang'embao Formation in Ningxia, China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Sun, Danhui; Deng, Tao; Lu, Xiaokang; Wang, Shiqi (18 August 2023). "A new elasmothere genus and species from the middle Miocene of Tongxin, Ningxia, China, and its phylogenetic relationship". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2236619. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.