Rhinocerotoidea
Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily consisting of five families of odd-toed ungulates, four of which, the Amynodontidae, Hyracodontidae, Paraceratheriidae and Eggysodontidae, are extinct. The only extant family is the Rhinocerotidae (true rhinoceroses), which survives as five living species. Extinct non-rhinocerotid members of the group are sometimes considered rhinoceroses in a broad sense. The family Paraceratheriidae contains the largest land mammals known to have ever existed.
| Rhinocerotoidea Temporal range: Latest Paleocene-Present | |
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| Rhinoceroses, a type of rhinocerotoid | |
| Skeleton of Paraceratherium (Paraceratheriidae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ceratomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rhinocerotoidea Gray, 1821 |
| Families | |
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