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Protaceratherium
Extinct genus of mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[2]
Quick Facts Protaceratherium Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene, Scientific classification ...
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P. minutum skeleton | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | †Protaceratherium Abel, 1910[1] |
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It was a primitive, lightly built rhinoceros that was adapted to running.[3]