genus of mammals (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Family: | †Arsinoitheriidae |
Genus: | †Arsinoitherium |
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Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell, 1902 |
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