Paradiceros
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| Paradiceros Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Paradiceros Hooijer, 1968 |
| Species: | †P. mukirii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paradiceros mukirii Hooijer, 1968 | |
Paradiceros is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in east Africa during the Late Miocene, between 13.7 and 9 million years ago.[1]
Paradiceros was a relatively small species once believed to be closely allied to Diceros. It was a browser and had very short legs, though not as short as some of the more primitive species like Chilotherium.[2]
