An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution

Tao Deng; Xiaokang Lu; Shiqi Wang; Lawrence J. Flynn; Danhui Sun; Wen He; Shanqin Chen

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6

Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution

Tao Deng,
Xiaokang Lu,
Shiqi Wang,
Lawrence J. Flynn,
Danhui Sun,
Wen He,
Shanqin Chen

Affiliations

Tao Deng: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaokang Lu: Henan University of Chinese Medicine
Shiqi Wang: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lawrence J. Flynn: Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Danhui Sun: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen He: Hezheng Paleozoological Museum
Shanqin Chen: Hezheng Paleozoological Museum

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Deng et al. report a new species of giant rhino, Paraceratherium linxiaense, from specimens of the upper Oligocene Jiaozigou Formation in China with an age of 26.5 Ma. Morphological analysis of the completely preserved skull with articulated mandible and atlas reveals a high level of specialization and the formation of a clade with P. lepidum with close ties to P. bugtiense.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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