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CHILOTHERIUM
(chy-lo-fee-re-um)
Chilotherium
Named By: T. Ringstrom in 1924
Time Period: Late Miocene-Pliocene
Location: From Moldova and Russia in Europe, across Asia to China and Vietnam
Size: Up to 1.5-1.8 meters tall at the shoulder for the larger species
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Multiple individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Perissodactyla | Rhinocerotidae |
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Chilotherium is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to Eurasia during the Miocene through Pliocene living for 13.7--3.4 mya, existing for approximately 10.3 million years.

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