Paraceratheriidae
Extinct family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paraceratheriidae is an extinct family of long-limbed, hornless rhinocerotoids, native to Asia and Eastern Europe[3] that originated in the Eocene epoch and lived until the end of the Oligocene. They represent some of the largest terrestrial mammals to have ever lived.
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Paraceratheriidae | |
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Skeleton of Paraceratherium | |
Skeleton of Juxia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Superfamily: | Rhinocerotoidea |
Family: | †Paraceratheriidae Osborn, 1923 |
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