Arsinoitherium

Arsinoitherium; Temporal range: late Eocene – early Oligocene
	Arsinoitherium zitteli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Afrotheria
Order:	†Embrithopoda
Family:	†Arsinoitheriidae
Genus:	†Arsinoitherium
Type species
	Arsinoitherium zitteli; Beadnell, 1902

Arsinoitherium is an extinct genus, a large mammal that lived during the early Oligocene (about 38 to 23 million years ago). Although it looked like a rhinoceros, it is more closely related to elephants. Fossils of Arsinoitherium have been found in Faiyum, Egypt.^[1]

References

↑ Turner, Alan & Anton, Mauricio 2004. Evolving Eden: an illustrated guide to the evolution of the African large-mammal fauna. Columbia University Press, New York, 111. ISBN 0-231-11944-5

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[1] Turner, Alan & Anton, Mauricio 2004. Evolving Eden: an illustrated guide to the evolution of the African large-mammal fauna. Columbia University Press, New York, 111. ISBN 0-231-11944-5

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Arsinoitherium Temporal range: late Eocene – early Oligocene

Arsinoitherium zitteli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Afrotheria
Order:	†Embrithopoda
Family:	†Arsinoitheriidae
Genus:	†Arsinoitherium
Type species
Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell, 1902