Shennongtherium

Extinct genus of mammal

Shennongtherium Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	†Shennongtherium Huang & Yan, 1983^[1]
Species:	†S. hypsodontus
Binomial name
†Shennongtherium hypsodontus Huang & Yan, 1983

Shennongtherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Miocene time period. It once roamed in what is now China.

It was originally classified in the subfamily Elasmotheriinae, but has since been found to be closer to true rhinoceros.^[2]

References

^ "Shennongtherium". Fossilworks.
^ Antoine, P-O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 95–118. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x. S2CID 86800130.