Diceros gansuensis
| Diceros gansuensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Diceros |
| Species: | D. gansuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Diceros gansuensis Deng & Qiu 2007
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Diceros gansuensis is an extinct species of Diceros that lived in China during the Late Miocene.
Palaeoecology
Diceros gansuensis fed on leaves of plants belonging to Caprifoliaceae and Juglandaceae, as well as potentially from Ranunculaceae and Polygonaceae.[1]
References
- ^ Chen, He; Wang, Shi-Qi; Tao, Da-Wei; Xia, Xiu-Min; Chen, Shan-Qin; Wu, Yan (24 November 2017). "Implications for Late Miocene diet from Diceros gansuensis: starch granules in tooth calculus". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 56 (4): 343–353. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.171124. Retrieved 7 November 2024.