''Mesaceratherium'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rhinocerotid
A rhinoceros ( ; ; ; : rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant taxon, extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family (biology), famil ...
s.
Palaeoecology
Dental microwear and mesowear paired with
δ13C analysis show that ''M. paulhiacense'' was a mixed feeder that fed predominantly on
C3 plants.
References
Miocene rhinoceroses
Miocene mammals of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 1969
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