Pleuroceros Roger 1898 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Parent taxon: Rhinocerotinae according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2010

See also Carroll 1988 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: Dicerorhinini, Dromoceratherium, Epiaceratherium, Guixia, Mesaceratherium, Molassitherium, Protaceratherium, Rhinocerotini

Subtaxa: Pleuroceros asphaltense Pleuroceros blanfordi Pleuroceros pleuroceros

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Type: Rhinoceros pleuroceros

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Pakistan (1 collection), Switzerland (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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