Ooie rhinoceros
| Ooie rhinoceros | |
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| Ooie rhinoceros skelet on display | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Rhinoceros tichorhinus (Fischer)[1] | |
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.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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.