Hispanotherium
| Hispanotherium Temporal range:
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| Skull of Hispanotherium in side-on view | |
| Hispanotherium matritense teeth and mandible | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Elasmotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Hispanotherium Crusafont and Villalte, 1947 |
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Hispanotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16 to 7.25 mya existing for approximately 8.75 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Hispanotherium was erected by Crusafont and Villalta (1947) for the nominal species "Rhinoceros" matritense.[2][3] The Asian form Huaqingtherium was once assigned to Hispanotherium, but was eventually recognized as distinct. [4][5][6]
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
H. beonense is suggested to have been a mixed feeder as evidenced by its dental microwear and mesowear.[7] Stable isotope analysis of Hispanotherium from the Linxia Basin of Gansu, China indicates that it foraged predominantly in open environments.[8]
References
- ^ "PaleoBiology Database: Hispanotherium, basic info". Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ Crusafont, M., and J. F. Villalta. 1947. Sobre un interesante rinoceronte (Hispanotherium) del Mioceno del Valle de Manzanares. Las Ciencias 12:869–883.
- ^ Prado, C. de. 1864. Descripci´on F´ısica y Geol´ogica de la Provincia de Madrid. Junta General de Estad´ıstica. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid.
- ^ T. Deng (2003). "New material of Hispanotherium matritense (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from Laogou of Hezheng County (Gansu, China), with special reference to the Chinese Middle Miocene elasmotheres". Geobios. 36 (2): 141–150. Bibcode:2003Geobi..36..141D. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(03)00003-2.
- ^ Antoine, P.-O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 95–118. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x. S2CID 86800130.
- ^ O. Sanisidro; M. T. Alberdi; J. Morales (2012). "The First Complete Skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, 1864) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 446–455. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.639420. S2CID 55538577.
- ^ Hullot, Manon; Laurent, Yves; Merceron, Gildas; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (2021). "Paleoecology of the Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Béon 1, Montréal-du-Gers (late early Miocene, SW France): Insights from dental microwear texture analysis, mesowear, and enamel hypoplasia" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1163. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Biasatti, Dana; Wang, Yang; Deng, Tao (15 March 2018). "Paleoecology of Cenozoic rhinos from northwest China: a stable isotope perspective". Vertebrata Palasiatica. 56 (1). ISSN 2096-9899. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2026 – via Vertebrata PalAsiatica.