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Arsinoitherium
Temporal range: late Eocene – early Oligocene
Arsinoitherium zitteli.jpg
Arsinoitherium zitteli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Superorder:
Afrotheria
Order:
†Embrithopoda
Family:
†Arsinoitheriidae
Genus:
†Arsinoitherium
Type species
Arsinoitherium zitteli
Beadnell, 1902

Arsinoitherium is an extinct genus, a large mammal that lived during the early Oligocene (about 38 to 23 million years ago). Although it looked like a rhinoceros, it is more closely related to elephants. Fossils of Arsinoitherium have been found in Faiyum, Egypt.

Images for kids

  • Arsinoitherium by Antón

    Life restoration of A. zitteli by Mauricio Antón

  • Teylers museum (7) (19618906046)

    Skull cast from the side

See also

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