Shennongtherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Miocene time period. It once roamed in what is now China.
Shennongtherium Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | †Shennongtherium Huang & Yan, 1983[1] |
Species: | †S. hypsodontus |
Binomial name | |
†Shennongtherium hypsodontus Huang & Yan, 1983 |
It was originally classified in the subfamily Elasmotheriinae, but has since been found to be closer to true rhinoceros.[2]