Iranotherium
Sign in to saveIranotherium ("Beast of Iran") is an extinct genus of large elasmotheriine rhinocerotids, comparable in size to a modern white rhino. It is known from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of Maragha, Iran and the middle part of the Liushu formation of northwestern China. It was a precursor to the related Sinotherium and may have been ultimately outcompeted by its descendant. This species is most well known for showing unique sexual dimorphism among rhinos.
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12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Skull and Horn
- Dentition
- Discovery and history
- Original discovery
- Later Discoveries
- Paleobiology
- Feeding
- Sexual variation
- Distribution and paleoecology
- References
- Bibliography
Iranotherium ("Beast of Iran") is an extinct genus of large elasmotheriine rhinocerotids, comparable in size to a modern white rhino. It is known from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of Maragha, Iran and the middle part of the Liushu formation of northwestern China. It was a precursor to the related Sinotherium and may have been ultimately outcompeted by its descendant. This species is most well known for showing unique sexual dimorphism among rhinos.
== Description == Iranotherium is only known from cranial material, and rare postcranial elements.