Paraceratheriidae
| Paraceratheriidae Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Early Miocene,
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| Skeleton of Paraceratherium | |
| Skeleton of Juxia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Rhinocerotoidea |
| Family: | †Paraceratheriidae Osborn, 1923 |
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Paraceratheriidae is an extinct family of long-limbed, hornless rhinocerotoids, native to Asia and Eastern Europe that originated in the Eocene epoch and lived until the beginning of the Miocene. They represent some of the largest terrestrial mammals to have ever lived.