Ceratotherium mauritanicum
Ceratotherium mauritanicum is a species of fossil African rhinoceros found in the Late Pliocene to early Late Pleistocene of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. It is disputed as to whether remains from the Pliocene of East Africa belong to this species, and if so, whether C. mauritanicum is ancestral to the modern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). During the early Late Pleistocene, sometime between 120-57,000 years ago, it was replaced in North Africa by the modern white rhinoceros.
| Ceratotherium mauritanicum Temporal range: Late Pliocene– early Late Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Ceratotherium |
| Species: | †C. mauritanicum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ceratotherium mauritanicum (Pomel, 1888) | |
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