Adinotherium

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Adinotherium^[1]
Fossil range: late early Miocene

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Family:	†Toxodontidae
Subfamily:	†Nesodontinae
Genus:	†Adinotherium Ameghino, 1887

Type species

†Adinotherium ovinum

Species

†A. karaikense
†A. nitidum
†A. ovinum
†A. robustum
†A. splendidum

Synonyms

†Phobereotherium Ameghino, 1887
†Noadinotherium Ameghino, 1907

Adinotherium ("not Deinotherium")^[2] is an extinct genus of mammal.

The 1,50 m (5 ft) long animal looked like a smaller version of its rhinoceros-like relative Toxodon. Its front legs were somewhat longer than those of its relatives, making its hip and shoulder height about equal. A small horn atop Adinotherium's skull may have played a role in the mating season.

[edit] Notes

^ range and species from Croft et al. (2004), p. 8; synonyms from McKenna and Bell (1997), p. 459.
^ Palmer (1904) p. 80.

[edit] References

Croft, D.A., Flynn, J.J. and Wyss, A.R. 2004. Notoungulata and Litopterna of the Early Miocene Chucal Fauna, Northern Chile. Fieldiana Geology 50(1):1-52. [1]
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
Palmer, T.S. 1904. Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals. North American Fauna 23:1-984.