Aralotherium Explained

Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids closely related to Paraceratherium, one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived in China and Kazakhstan during the late Oligocene epoch (28–23 million years ago). It is classified as a member of the Paraceratheriidae subfamily Paraceratheriinae.^[1]

Two species are known, A. prohorovi and A. sui.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. E. I. Belyaeva. (1948). Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R.
2. J. Ye . J. Meng . W.-Y. Wu . 2003. Discovery of Paraceratherium in the northern Junggar Basin of Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 41. 3. 220–229.
3. Z. Qiu . B. Wang . 2007. Paracerathere Fossils of China. Palaeontologia Sinica. New Series C. 29. 1–396 .