Aralotherium
Extinct genus of indricothere / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids closely related to Paraceratherium, one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived in China and Kazakhstan during the late Oligocene epoch (28–23 million years ago). It is classified as a member of the Paraceratheriidae subfamily Paraceratheriinae.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Paraceratheriidae |
Genus: | †Aralotherium Borissiak, 1939 |
Type species | |
†Aralotherium prohorovi Borissiak, 1939 | |
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