Ooie rhinoceros
The ooie rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is an extinct species o rhinoceros that wis common ootthrou Europe an northren Asie.[2] The genus name Coelodonta means "cavity tuith". The ooie rhinoceros wis a member o the Pleistocene megafauna.
Ooie rhinoceros | |
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Ooie rhinoceros skelet on display | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Faimily: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | †Coelodonta |
Species: | †C. antiquitatis |
Binomial name | |
†Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1807)
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Synonyms | |
Rhinoceros tichorhinus (Fischer)[1] |
References
eedit- ↑ Pei Wen-Chung (1956). "Quaternary mammalian fossils from Hsintsai, South-Eastern part of Honan". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. Archived frae the original on 21 Mairch 2018. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2018.
- ↑ "Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis)". International Rhino Foundation. Archived frae the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.