Mesaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids.[2]
| Mesaceratherium Temporal range: Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
| Genus: | †Mesaceratherium Keissig, 1969 |
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Palaeoecology
editDental microwear and mesowear paired with δ13C analysis show that M. paulhiacense was a mixed feeder that fed predominantly on C3 plants.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Mesacerathium". Biolib.
- ^ Antoine, P. -O.; Downing, K. F.; Crochet, J. -Y.; Duranthon, F.; Flynn, L. J.; Marivaux, L.; Métais, G.; Rajpar, A. R.; Roohi, G. (2010). "A revision of Aceratherium blanfordi Lydekker, 1884 (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae) from the Early Miocene of Pakistan: postcranials as a key". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160: 139–194. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00597.x.
- ^ Hullot, Manon; Martin, Céline; Blondel, Cécile; Rössner, Gertrud E. (14 February 2024). "Life in a Central European warm-temperate to subtropical open forest: Paleoecology of the rhinocerotids from Ulm-Westtangente (Aquitanian, Early Miocene, Germany)". The Science of Nature. 111 (1). doi:10.1007/s00114-024-01893-w. ISSN 0028-1042. PMC 11401789. PMID 38353735. Retrieved 14 November 2024 – via Springer Nature Link.
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