Iranotherium
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| Iranotherium Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Iranotherium
Ringström, 1924
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| Iranotherium morgani Mecquenem, 1908
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Iranotherium ("Beast of Iran") was a large elasmothere rhinoceros, as big as a modern white rhino, found in the Middle East and Central Asia. It was a precursor of the related Sinotherium, and may have been ultimately outcompeted by its descendant.
File:Iranotherium morgani.JPG
Skull of Iranotherium morgani.
Males were larger than the females and had more developed muscle scars on the zygomatic arch.
References
- Deng, T. (2005). New discovery of Iranotherium morgani (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Miocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China, and its sexual dimorphism. Journal of vertebrate Paleontology, 25(2), 442-450.
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