Paradiceros

Paradiceros is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in east Africa during the Late Miocene, between 13.7 and 9 million years ago.[1]

Paradiceros
Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene
13.7–9 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Rhinocerotidae
Genus:Paradiceros
Hooijer, 1968
Species:
P. mukirii
Binomial name
Paradiceros mukirii
Hooijer, 1968

Paradiceros was a relatively small species once believed to be closely allied to Diceros. It was a browser and had very short legs, though not as short as some of the more primitive species like Chilotherium.[2]

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