Protaceratherium
Extinct genus of mammal
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Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[2]
| Protaceratherium | |
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| P. minutum skeleton | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Protaceratherium Abel, 1910[1] |
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It was a primitive, lightly built rhinoceros that was adapted to running.[3]
Palaeoecology
Analysis of dental δ13C values combined with dental mesowear and microwear show that P. minutum fed primarily on C3 plants and that it consumed less abrasive plants than the contemporary Mesaceratherium paulhiacense.[4]
