Diceros gansuensis

Diceros gansuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species:
D. gansuensis
Binomial name
Diceros gansuensis
Deng & Qiu 2007

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

  1. ^ 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.

 

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