Brachydiceratherium
| Brachydiceratherium Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Tribe: | †Teleoceratini |
| Genus: | †Brachydiceratherium Lavocat, 1952[1] |
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Brachydiceratherium is an extinct genus of teleoceratine rhinocerotid that inhabited Eurasia during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Brachydiceratherium was first described by R. Lavocat. The Paleobiology Database and related sources give the year as 1952; other sources have 1951.[3][4][2] Alternatively, the genus may not be separated from Diaceratherium,[4][2] which in turn may be treated as the subgenus Diaceratherium of the genus Brachypotherium.[3] Species that have been placed in Brachydiceratherium include:[5][2]
- Brachydiceratherium aginense, syn. Diaceratherium aginense (Repelin, 1917)
- Brachydiceratherium aurelianense, syn. Diaceratherium aurelianense (Nouel, 1866)
- Brachydiceratherium lamilloquense, syn. Diaceratherium lamilloquense Michel, 1983
- Brachydiceratherium lemanense, syn. Diaceratherium lemanense (Pomel, 1853)
Palaeoecology
[edit]B. lamilloquense was a browser that mainly fed on soft vegetation. B. lemanense was likewise a browser, though at some sites, its dental wear patterns are consistent with mixed feeding.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "†Brachydiceratherium Lavocat 1952 (rhinoceros)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ a b c d Ménouret, Bernard & Guérin, Claude (2009). "Diaceratherium massiliae nov. sp. des argiles oligocènes de Saint-André et Saint-Henri à Marseille et de Les Milles près d'Aix-en-Provence (SE de la France), premier grand Rhinocerotidae brachypode européen". Geobios. 42 (3): 293–327. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.10.009.
- ^ a b Ginsburg, L.; Huin, J. & Locher, J.P. (1981). "Les Rhinocerotidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) du Miocène inférieur des Beilleaux à Savigné-sur-Lathan (Indre-et-Loire)" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle. 4th series (in French). 3: 345–361. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ a b Becker, Damien; Bürgin, Toni; Oberli, Urs & Scherler, Laureline (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254: 5–39. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
- ^ a b Hullot, Manon; Martin, Céline; Blondel, Cécile; Becker, Damien; Rössner, Gertrud E. (9 October 2024). "Evolutionary palaeoecology of European rhinocerotids across the Oligocene–Miocene transition". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (10). doi:10.1098/rsos.240987. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 11461060. PMID 39386991. Retrieved 5 November 2024.