Hispanotherium

Hispanotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16—7.25 mya existing for approximately 8.75 million years.[1]

Hispanotherium
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene
Hispanotherium beonense tooth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:Elasmotheriinae
Genus:Hispanotherium
Crusafont and Villalte, 1947
Species
  • H. beonense (Antoine, 1997)
  • H. corcolense Antoine, Iñigo & Alférez, 2002
  • H. matritense (Prado, 1864) (type)
  • H. wushanense Sun et al., 2018

Taxonomy

Hispanotherium was erected by Crusafont and Villalta (1947) for the nominal species "Rhinoceros" matritense.[2][3] The Asian form Huaqingtherium was once assigned to Hispanotherium, but was eventually recognized as distinct.[4][5][6]

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