Alicornops is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid belonging to the subfamily Aceratheriinae. It lived in Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene.
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| Alicornops simorrense | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
| Genus: | †Alicornops Ginsburg & Guerin, 1979 |
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| †Alicornops simorrense Lartet, 1851[1]
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Four species are known. Two of them, Alicornops complanatum and Alicornops laogouense were described recently from the Siwaliks of Pakistan.[2]
The type species Alicornops simorrense was a relatively small aceratheriine with a small horn, short tridactyl legs and strongly curved lower incisors.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Alicornops simorrense". MNHN France.
- ^ Kahn, A.M. (2013). "New Alicornops (Rhinocerotidae) remains from Lower and Middle Siwaliks, Pakistan". Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (2): 131–155. Bibcode:2013AnPal..99..131K. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.10.003. hdl:11336/4824.
- ^ Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.
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