Biology:Aralotherium
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Short description: Extinct genus of indricothere
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Paraceratheriidae |
| Genus: | †Aralotherium Borissiak, 1939 |
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| †Aralotherium prohorovi Borissiak, 1939
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Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros 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 hyracodont subfamily Indricotheriinae.[1]
Two species are known, A. prohorovi and A. sui.[2][3]
References
- ↑ E. I. Belyaeva. (1948). Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R.
- ↑ J. Ye, J. Meng, and W.-Y. Wu (2003). "Discovery of Paraceratherium in the northern Junggar Basin of Xinjiang". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41 (3): 220–229. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200901/W020090813371608948244.pdf.
- ↑ Z. Qiu and B. Wang (2007). "Paracerathere Fossils of China". Palaeontologia Sinica. New Series C (29): 1–396. http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=pdfviewer&id=1426740221&folder=142.
Wikidata ☰ Q55604130 entry
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