Caementodon
| Caementodon Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene | |
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| Caementodon caucasicum skeleton in the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhinocerotinae |
| Genus: | Caementodon Heissig, 1972 |
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Caementodon is an extinct genus of rhinoceros of the clade Elasmotheriina endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene.[1]
References
- ↑ Antoine, P. O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta 32 (2): 95. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x.
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