Dolichorhinus

Dolichorhinus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Uintan),
Skull of D. hyognathus.
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Brontotheriidae
Subfamily: Brontotheriinae
Genus: DolichorhinusHatcher, 1895
Species:
D. hyognathus
Binomial name
Dolichorhinus hyognathus
(Osborn, 1889)
Synonyms
Synonyms of D. hyognathus
  • Dolichorhinus cornutum(Osborn, 1895)
  • Dolichorhinus intermediusOsborn, 1908
  • Dolichorhinus heterodonDouglass, 1909
  • Dolichorhinus longicepsDouglass, 1909
  • Dolichorhinus superior(Riggs, 1912)
  • Dolichorhinus fluminalisRiggs, 1912

Dolichorhinus is an extinctgenus of brontothere, known from the Middle Eocene (Uintan) of North America.[1] Several species have been named historically, but only one species is recognized as valid today, D. hyognathus.[1]

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