Diceratherium niobrarensis Peterson 1906 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1906. Preliminary Description of Two New Species of the Genus Diceratherium Marsh, From the Agate Spring Fossil Quarry. Science 24(609):281-283

Belongs to Diceratherium according to O. A. Peterson 1906

See also Peterson 1907, Prothero 2005, Prothero et al. 1989, Stecher et al. 1962, Tanner 1969 and Troxell 1921

Sister taxa: Diceratherium annectens, Diceratherium armatum, Diceratherium matutinum, Diceratherium minus, Diceratherium niobrarense, Diceratherium persistens, Diceratherium radtkei, Diceratherium tridactylum, Diceratherium truquianum

Type specimen: CMNH 1271, a skull. Its type locality is Peterson's Quarry A, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diceratherium niobrarensis in the database

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