Alicornops

Alicornops is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid belonging to the subfamily Aceratheriinae. It lived in Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene.

Alicornops
Temporal range: Miocene–Early Pliocene
Alicornops simorrense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:Aceratheriinae
Genus:Alicornops
Ginsburg & Guerin, 1979
Type species
Alicornops simorrense
Lartet, 1851[1]
Species
  • A. alfambrense
  • A. complanatum
  • A. laogouense
  • A. simorrense

Four species are known. Two of them, Alicornops complanatum and Alicornops laogouense were described recently from the Siwaliks of Pakistan.[2]

The type species Alicornops simorrense was a relatively small aceratheriine with a small horn, short tridactyl legs and strongly curved lower incisors.[3]

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