Diceratherium persistens Osborn 1904 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Caenopus persistens

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1904. New Miocene rhinoceroses, with revision of known species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(27):307-326

Belongs to Diceratherium according to E. C. Galbreath 1953

See also Osborn 1904 and Wood 1927

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

Type specimen: AMNH 9081, a skull

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

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

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