Diceros gansuensis
Appearance
Diceros gansuensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | Diceros |
Species: | D. gansuensis
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Binomial name | |
Diceros gansuensis Deng & Qiu 2007
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Diceros gansuensis is an extinct species of Diceros that lived in China during the Late Miocene.
Palaeoecology
[edit]Diceros gansuensis fed on leaves of plants belonging to Caprifoliaceae and Juglandaceae, as well as potentially from Ranunculaceae and Polygonaceae.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Chen, He; Wang, Shi-Qi; Tao, Da-Wei; Xia, Xiu-Min; Chen, Shan-Qin; Wu, Yan (24 November 2017). "Implications for Late Miocene diet from Diceros gansuensis: starch granules in tooth calculus". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 56 (4): 343–353. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.171124. Retrieved 7 November 2024.