Diceratherium annectens Marsh 1873 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Rhinoceros annectens

Synonyms: Diceratherium cuspidatum Troxell 1921, Diceratherium nanum Marsh 1875

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1873. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science 5(29):407-410

Belongs to Diceratherium according to D. R. Prothero 2005

See also Albright 1999, Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Marsh 1873, Peterson 1920, Stock 1933, Strganac 2011 and Troxell 1921

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, Texas collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (9: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (6: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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