Acerorhinus
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| Acerorhinus Temporal range: Serravallian-Messinian, | |
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| Skeletal mount, Tianjin Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
| Genus: | †Acerorhinus Kretzoi, 1942 |
| Type species | |
| †Acerorhinus zernowi Borissiak, 1914 | |
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Acerorhinus, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (á-), meaning "-less", κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", and ῥίς (rhís), meaning "nose", is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Aceratheriinae endemic to Asia from the Miocene, living from 13.6 to 7.0 mya existing for approximately 6.6 million years.[2]
Among other locations, well-preserved Acerorhinus skull specimens have been found at Kerassiá in North Eubonea, Greece.[3]
