Hispanotherium Explained

Hispanotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16—7.25 mya existing for approximately .^[1]

Taxonomy

Hispanotherium was erected by Crusafont and Villalta (1947) for the nominal species "Rhinoceros" matritense.^{[2] [3]} The Asian form Huaqingtherium was once assigned to Hispanotherium, but was eventually recognized as distinct.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: PaleoBiology Database: Hispanotherium, basic info . 2009-08-24 . 2012-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013191614/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43207&is_real_user=1 . dead .
2. Crusafont, M., and J. F. Villalta. 1947. Sobre un interesante rinoceronte (Hispanotherium) del Mioceno del Valle de Manzanares. Las Ciencias 12:869–883.
3. Prado, C. de. 1864. Descripci´on F´ısica y Geol´ogica de la Provincia de Madrid. Junta General de Estad´ıstica. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid.
4. T. Deng . 2003 . New material of Hispanotherium matritense (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from Laogou of Hezheng County (Gansu, China), with special reference to the Chinese Middle Miocene elasmotheres . Geobios . 36 . 2 . 141–150 . 10.1016/s0016-6995(03)00003-2. 2003Geobi..36..141D .
5. Antoine, P.-O. . 2003 . Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships . Zoologica Scripta . 32 . 2 . 95–118 . 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x. 86800130 .
6. O. Sanisidro . M. T. Alberdi . J. Morales . 2012 . The First Complete Skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, 1864) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 32 . 2 . 446–455 . 10.1080/02724634.2012.639420. 55538577 .