Rhinoceros skeleton
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See the license information for further details. Its license was verified as "cc-by-2.0" by the UploadWizard Extension at the time it was transferred to Commons. This image was originally posted to Flickr. Locality: Agate Springs fossil quarry, near the town of Agate, Sioux County, northwestern Nebraska, USA Stratigraphy: Anderson Ranch Formation, uppermost Arikareean, Lower Miocene This specimen is a female because it lacks the nasal flanges.Ĭlassification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae The elongated flanges probably supported some type of narrow "horn", unlike the more conical "horns" of other rhinoceroses. Diceratherium is a large rhinoceros characterized by paired flanges on the upper side of the nasal bones in males. Morphologically, Diceratherium has few characters to distinguish it from other rhinoceroses, the most important being upper premolars that are fully molarized. The Agate Springs quarry is in the Anderson Ranch Formation and is famous for its abundant and diverse assemblage of Early Miocene mammals. This skeleton (UW 15564) was collected from the Agate Springs fossil quarry (approximately 19 million years old) near Agate, Nebraska. It probably evolved from Subhyracodon in the late Early Oligocene, about 31.9 million years ago, and survived for nearly 20.3 million years into the late Middle Miocene. Browsing herbivore.Ĭharacteristics: Diceratherium is a member of the family Rhinocerotidae or the "true" rhinoceroses.
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Fossils also reported from China, Portugal, and Switzerland.Īdult Size: Weight up to 1,641 pounds (744.3 kilograms) Geographic Range: Widespread in North America. Geologic Range: 31.9-11.6 million years ago (Early Oligocene - latest Middle Miocene (UW 15564, University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, USA) fossil rhinoceros skeleton (female) from the Miocene of Nebraska, USA.