Aralotherium
Aralotherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids closely related to Paraceratherium, one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived in China and Kazakhstan during the late Oligocene epoch (28–23 million years ago). It is classified as a member of the Paraceratheriidae subfamily Paraceratheriinae.
| Aralotherium Temporal range: Oligocene, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Paraceratheriidae |
| Genus: | †Aralotherium Borissiak, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| †Aralotherium prohorovi Borissiak, 1939 | |
| Species | |
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Two species are known, A. prohorovi and A. sui.
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