Diceratherium
Sign in to saveDiceratherium (meaning "two horned beast") is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid native to North America during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 33.9 to 11.6 mya, existing for approximately . Mass estimates for the type species, D. armatum average around
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Diceratherium (meaning "two horned beast") is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid native to North America during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 33.9 to 11.6 mya, existing for approximately . Mass estimates for the type species, D. armatum average around
==Taxonomy== thumb|left|Restoration of D. tridactylum thumb|left|Skull, University of California Museum of Paleontology Diceratherium was named by Marsh (1875) based on the type species Diceratherium armatum. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Marsh (1875) and Carroll (1988); to Diceratheriinae by Prothero (1998); to Aceratheriinae by Weidmann and Ginsburg (1999); and to Teleoceratini by Sach and Heizmann (2001).