Lartetotherium

Lartetotherium; Temporal range: Miocene
	Lartetotherium sansaniense skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	†Lartetotherium; Ginsburg, 1974
Species:	†L. sansaniense
Binomial name
	†Lartetotherium sansaniense; Ginsburg, 1974
Synonyms
	Dicerorhinus sansaniensis

Lartetotherium is an extinct species of rhinoceros that lived during the Miocene in Europe.[1]

Skull

The species Lartetotherium sansaniense was a unique cursorial rhinoceros with a distinctly long horn. Its teeth were brachyodont, indicating its diet contained a high quantity of soft plants and a lower proportion of woody material.[2]

References

Antoine, P. O.; Bulot, C.; Ginsburg, L. O. (2000). "Les rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) de l'Orléanien des bassins de la Garonne et de la Loire (France) : Intérêt biostratigraphique". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA. 330 (8): 571. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00174-9.
Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.

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[1] Antoine, P. O.; Bulot, C.; Ginsburg, L. O. (2000). "Les rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) de l'Orléanien des bassins de la Garonne et de la Loire (France) : Intérêt biostratigraphique". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA. 330 (8): 571. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00174-9.

[2] Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.