Protaceratherium Explained

Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[1]

It was a primitive, lightly built rhinoceros that was adapted to running.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Lihoreau . F. . Ducrocq . S. P. . Antoine . P. O. . Vianey-Liaud . M. . Rafaÿ . S. B. . Garcia . G. R. . Valentin . X. . First complete skulls of Elomeryx crispus (Gervais, 1849) and of Protaceratherium albigense (Roman, 1912) from a new Oligocene locality near Moissac (SW France) . 10.1671/039.029.0114 . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 29 . 242–253 . 2009 . 1 . 2009JVPal..29..242L . 86632471 .
  2. Book: Agustí . Jordi . Antón . Mauricio . Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe . 2002 . Columbia University Press . 9780231116411 . 96.

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