Brachydiceratherium
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| Brachydiceratherium Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
| Tribe: | †Teleoceratini |
| Genus: | †Brachydiceratherium Lavocat, 1952[1] |
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Brachydiceratherium, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), meaning "short", δίς (dís), meaning "two", κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", and θηρίον (theríon), meaning "beast", is an extinct genus of aceratheriine rhinocerotid that inhabited Eurasia during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.