Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Protaceratherium Abel, 1910[1] |
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It was a primitive, lightly built rhinoceros that was adapted to running.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Protaceratherium". Fossilworks.
- ^ Lihoreau, F.; Ducrocq, S. P.; Antoine, P. O.; Vianey-Liaud, M.; Rafaÿ, S. B.; Garcia, G. R.; Valentin, X. (2009). "First complete skulls of Elomeryx crispus (Gervais, 1849) and of Protaceratherium albigense (Roman, 1912) from a new Oligocene locality near Moissac (SW France)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 242–253. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..242L. doi:10.1671/039.029.0114. S2CID 86632471.
- ^ Agustí, Jordi; Antón, Mauricio (2002). Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe. Columbia University Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780231116411.
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