Adinotherium
| Adinotherium[1] Temporal range: Early to Mid Miocene | |
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| A. ferum skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Toxodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nesodontinae |
| Genus: | †Adinotherium Ameghino, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| †Adinotherium ovinum | |
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| Synonyms | |
Adinotherium (meaning "not terrible beast")[2] is an extinct genus of Toxodontidae, large bodied hoofed ungulates which inhabited South America during the Miocene living from 17.5—11.61 Ma and existed for approximately 5.89 million years.[3]
Restoration of A. ovinum
The 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long animal,with a 120 kg weight, looked like a smaller version of its rhinoceros-like relative Toxodon.[4] Its front legs were somewhat longer than those of its relatives, making its hip and shoulder height about equal. A small horn atop Adinotherium's skull may have played a role in the mating season.[5]
Notes
- ↑ range and species from Croft et al. (2004), p. 8; synonyms from McKenna and Bell (1997), p. 459.
- ↑ Palmer (1904) p. 80.
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Adinotherium, Basic info.
- ↑ http://prehistoric-fauna.com/publ/bestiarij/adinotherium_ferum/1-1-0-121[]
- ↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 253. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
References
- Croft, D.A., Flynn, J.J. and Wyss, A.R. 2004. Notoungulata and Litopterna of the Early Miocene Chucal Fauna, Northern Chile. Fieldiana Geology 50(1):1-52.
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- Palmer, T.S. 1904. Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals. North American Fauna 23:1-984.
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