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Diceros gansuensis

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Diceros gansuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species:
D. gansuensis
Binomial name
Diceros gansuensis
Deng & Qiu 2007

Diceros gansuensis is an extinct species of Diceros that lived in China during the Late Miocene.

Palaeoecology

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Diceros gansuensis fed on leaves of plants belonging to Caprifoliaceae and Juglandaceae, as well as potentially from Ranunculaceae and Polygonaceae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.