Aceratherium
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Aceratherium, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, meaning "-less", κέρας, meaning "horn", and θηρίον, meaning "beast", is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Aceratheriinae that lived in Eurasia duri
Aceratherium incisivum 2 skull
Restoration by Heinrich Harder
Late Miocene European landscape, including Aceratherium (background centre) as well as the chalicothere Chalicotherium, the proboscideans (elephant relatives) Gomphotherium angustidens and Zygolophodon turicensis, the swine Parachleuastochoerus, the equine Hipparion, the ground squirrel Spermophilinus, as well as kestrel bustard, little owl and lark
Hyopsodus DB24
Aceratheriinae
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Aceratheriinae is an extinct subfamily of true rhinoceroses that ranged across Eurasia, Africa and North America from the Oligocene to the beginning of the Pliocene. Members of the group generally lac
Aceratherium
…ἀ- (á-), meaning "-less", κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", and θηρίον (theríon), meaning "beast", is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Aceratheriinae that lived in Eurasia during the Miocene. Aceratherium was coined by Kaup (1832) for "Rhinoceros" incisivum Cuvier, 1822 on the basis of the similarity…
Aceratherium porpani 03
Plesiaceratherium gracile skeletal reconstruction
Skeleton of Aphelops