Dolichorhinus

Dolichorhinus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Uintan),
Skeleton of D. hyognathus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Brontotheriidae
Subfamily: †Brontotheriinae
Genus: †Dolichorhinus
Hatcher, 1895
Species:
†D. hyognathus
Binomial name
†Dolichorhinus hyognathus
(Osborn, 1889)
Synonyms
Synonyms of D. hyognathus
  • Dolichorhinus cornutum (Osborn, 1895)
  • Dolichorhinus intermedius Osborn, 1908
  • Dolichorhinus heterodon Douglass, 1909
  • Dolichorhinus longiceps Douglass, 1909
  • Dolichorhinus superior (Riggs, 1912)
  • Dolichorhinus fluminalis Riggs, 1912

Dolichorhinus is an extinct genus of brontothere, known from the Middle Eocene (Uintan) of North America. Several species have been named historically, but only one species is recognized as valid today, D. hyognathus.

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