Paraceratherium

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The Paraceratherium was the largest mammal of history. An ancestor of the rhinoceros, it weighed 20 tonnes and stood 5.5 meters at the shoulder. It was also known as Indricotherium.

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Tony Cox

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The Paraceratherium was the largest mammal of history. An ancestor of the rhinoceros, it weighed 20 tonnes and stood 5.5 meters at the shoulder. It was also known as Indricotherium.

Paraceratherium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34-23 million years ago); its remains have been found across Eurasia between China and the former Yugoslavia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceratherium
Prehistoric Beast of the Week - Paraceratherium

Otherwise known as Indricotherium, this rhinoceros ancestor is one of the largest land mammals known to science.
http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2012/06/prehistoric-animal-of-week_18.html
Paraceratherium - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Information about the huge mammal Paraceratherium and thousands of other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/p/paraceratherium.html
Paraceratherium: Giraffe-necked or Rhino-necked - ScienceBlogs

The truth of the matter, however, is that most fossil creatures (at least as far as vertebrates are concerned) become known to science in bits and pieces. This was the case with the largest land mammal that ever lived, Paraceratherium.
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2009/05/15/paraceratherium-giraffe-necked/
Indricotherium (Paraceratherium) - About

Indricotherium, also known as Paraceratherium, was the largest land-dwelling mammal in history.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/indricotherium.htm
BBC Nature - Paraceratherium Videos, News and Facts

Weighing some 20 tonnes and standing 5.5 metres at the shoulder, Paraceratherium currently holds the record as the largest land mammal ever identified.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Paraceratherium
The Last of the Rhinoceros Titans - National Geographic

Stretching over 26 feet long, and often said to weigh as much as five elephants, Paraceratherium has traditionally been heralded as the largest mammal ever to tromp over the Earth.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/07/the-last-of-the-rhinoceros-titans/
Prehistoric Animals: Paraceratherium

You're going to learn today that was the largest mammal known throughout history: the Paraceratherium or "near horned".
http://prehistoricanimal.blogspot.com/2012/04/paraceratherium.html
The Biggest Land Mammal Of The Planet - YouTube

The biggest land mammal of the planet. The longest terrestrial mammal in the world. Paraceratherium. Interesting video about the biggest - largest land mammal in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejiK_VE7gg
Walking with Beasts - Paraceratherium - YouTube

One of my favourite prehistoric animals! It was only a matter of time..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8lDZGr6EM

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Paraceratherium Temporal range: Oligocene, 34–23 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Mounted P. transouralicum skeleton, Moscow Paleontological Museum; this is the most completely known skeleton, but the skull is a cast of a specimen at the American Museum of Natural History^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Paraceratheriidae
Genus:	†Paraceratherium Forster-Cooper, 1911
Type species
†Aceratherium bugtiense Pilgrim, 1908
Species
†P. bugtiense (Pilgrim, 1908) †P. transouralicum (Pavlova, 1922) †P. huangheense Li et al., 2017 †P. linxiaense Deng et al., 2021
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Baluchitherium Forster-Cooper, 1913 Indricotherium Borissiak, 1916 Pristinotherium Birkjukov, 1953 ?Benaratherium Gabunia, 1955 Species synonymy P. bugtiense: Aceratherium bugtiense Pilgrim, 1908 Thaumastotherium osborni Forster-Cooper, 1913 (preoccupied) Baluchitherium osborni (Forster-Cooper, 1913) Metamynodon bugtiensis Forster-Cooper, 1922 Paraceratherium zhajremensis Bayshashov, 1988 P. transouralicum: Indricotherium transouralicum Pavlova, 1922 Baluchitherium grangeri Osborn, 1923 Indricotherium asiaticum Borissiak, 1923 Indricotherium minus Borissiak, 1923 Indricotherium grangeri (Osborn, 1923) Pristinotherium brevicervicale Birjukov, 1953 Dubious names: Benaratherium callistratum Gabunia, 1955

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Paraceratherium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34-23 million years ago); its remains have been found across Eurasia between China and the former Yugoslavia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceratherium
Prehistoric Beast of the Week - Paraceratherium

Otherwise known as Indricotherium, this rhinoceros ancestor is one of the largest land mammals known to science.
http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2012/06/prehistoric-animal-of-week_18.html
Paraceratherium - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Information about the huge mammal Paraceratherium and thousands of other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/p/paraceratherium.html
Paraceratherium: Giraffe-necked or Rhino-necked - ScienceBlogs

The truth of the matter, however, is that most fossil creatures (at least as far as vertebrates are concerned) become known to science in bits and pieces. This was the case with the largest land mammal that ever lived, Paraceratherium.
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2009/05/15/paraceratherium-giraffe-necked/
Indricotherium (Paraceratherium) - About

Indricotherium, also known as Paraceratherium, was the largest land-dwelling mammal in history.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/indricotherium.htm
BBC Nature - Paraceratherium Videos, News and Facts

Weighing some 20 tonnes and standing 5.5 metres at the shoulder, Paraceratherium currently holds the record as the largest land mammal ever identified.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Paraceratherium
The Last of the Rhinoceros Titans - National Geographic

Stretching over 26 feet long, and often said to weigh as much as five elephants, Paraceratherium has traditionally been heralded as the largest mammal ever to tromp over the Earth.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/07/the-last-of-the-rhinoceros-titans/
Prehistoric Animals: Paraceratherium

You're going to learn today that was the largest mammal known throughout history: the Paraceratherium or "near horned".
http://prehistoricanimal.blogspot.com/2012/04/paraceratherium.html
The Biggest Land Mammal Of The Planet - YouTube

The biggest land mammal of the planet. The longest terrestrial mammal in the world. Paraceratherium. Interesting video about the biggest - largest land mammal in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejiK_VE7gg
Walking with Beasts - Paraceratherium - YouTube

One of my favourite prehistoric animals! It was only a matter of time..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8lDZGr6EM

Paraceratherium Temporal range: Oligocene, 34–23 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Mounted P. transouralicum skeleton, Moscow Paleontological Museum; this is the most completely known skeleton, but the skull is a cast of a specimen at the American Museum of Natural History^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Paraceratheriidae
Genus:	†Paraceratherium Forster-Cooper, 1911
Type species
†Aceratherium bugtiense Pilgrim, 1908
Species
†P. bugtiense (Pilgrim, 1908) †P. transouralicum (Pavlova, 1922) †P. huangheense Li et al., 2017 †P. linxiaense Deng et al., 2021
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Baluchitherium Forster-Cooper, 1913 Indricotherium Borissiak, 1916 Pristinotherium Birkjukov, 1953 ?Benaratherium Gabunia, 1955 Species synonymy P. bugtiense: Aceratherium bugtiense Pilgrim, 1908 Thaumastotherium osborni Forster-Cooper, 1913 (preoccupied) Baluchitherium osborni (Forster-Cooper, 1913) Metamynodon bugtiensis Forster-Cooper, 1922 Paraceratherium zhajremensis Bayshashov, 1988 P. transouralicum: Indricotherium transouralicum Pavlova, 1922 Baluchitherium grangeri Osborn, 1923 Indricotherium asiaticum Borissiak, 1923 Indricotherium minus Borissiak, 1923 Indricotherium grangeri (Osborn, 1923) Pristinotherium brevicervicale Birjukov, 1953 Dubious names: Benaratherium callistratum Gabunia, 1955

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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The Paraceratherium was the largest mammal of history. An ancestor of the rhinoceros, it weighed 20 tonnes and stood 5.5 meters at the shoulder. It was also known as Indricotherium.

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