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Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids belonging to the family Paraceratheriidae. It is one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed and lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34–23 million years ago).
Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls that appeared 56 million years ago in the Paleocene.They included four extinct families, the Amynodontidae, the Hyracodontidae, the Paraceratheriidae, and the Eggysodontidae.
Paraceratheriidae is an extinct family of long-limbed, hornless rhinocerotoids, native to Asia and Eastern Europe [3] that originated in the Eocene epoch and lived until the end of the Oligocene. They represent some of the largest terrestrial mammals to have ever lived.
Scale diagram of the paraceratheriid Paraceratherium, one of the largest land mammals to have ever existed Brontotherioidea were among the earliest known large mammals, consisting of the families of Brontotheriidae (synonym Titanotheriidae), the most well-known representative being Megacerops and the more basal family Lambdotheriidae. They were ...
Articles relating to the Paraceratheriidae, an extinct family of long-limbed, hornless rhinocerotoids, native to Asia and Eastern Europe. They originated in the Eocene epoch and lived until the end of the Oligocene. They represent some of the largest terrestrial mammals to have ever lived.
Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids closely related to Paraceratherium, one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed.It lived in China and Kazakhstan during the late Oligocene epoch (28–23 million years ago).
A rhinoceros (/ r aɪ ˈ n ɒ s ər ə s / ry-NOSS-ə-rəss; from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs) 'nose-horned'; from ῥίς (rhis) 'nose' and κέρας (kéras) 'horn'; [1] pl.: rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family ...
The average size of all species, is about equal with a large dog, even though later genera like Juxia reached the size of a modern horse and Paraceratherium exceeded the size of the largest African elephant. [7] Each species is distinguished by cheek tooth morphology, with the remaining skull quite similar. [3]