Arsinoitherium
Arsinoitherium is an extinct genus, a large mammal that lived during the early Oligocene (about 38 to 23 million years ago). Although it looked like a rhinoceros, it is more closely related to elephants. Fossils of Arsinoitherium have been found in Faiyum, Egypt.[1]
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| Arsinoitherium zitteli | |
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| Genus: | †Arsinoitherium
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| Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell, 1902
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Arsinoitherium Media
Life restoration of A. zitteli by Mauricio Antón
Cranio−dental remains of Arsinoitherium giganteum.
Arsinoitherium in Teylers Museum.
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References
- ↑ Turner, Alan & Anton, Mauricio 2004. Evolving Eden: an illustrated guide to the evolution of the African large-mammal fauna. Columbia University Press, New York, 111. ISBN 0-231-11944-5