Diceros gansuensis is an extinct species of Diceros that lived in China during the Late Miocene.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Diceros |
| Species: | D. gansuensis
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| Diceros gansuensis Deng & Qiu 2007
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Palaeoecology
editDiceros gansuensis fed on leaves of plants belonging to Caprifoliaceae and Juglandaceae, as well as potentially from Ranunculaceae and Polygonaceae.[1]
References
edit- ^ Chen, He; Wang, Shi-Qi; Tao, Da-Wei; Xia, Xiu-Min; Chen, Shan-Qin; Wu, Yan (24 November 2017). "Implications for Late Miocene diet from Diceros gansuensis: starch granules in tooth calculus". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 56 (4): 343–353. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.171124. Retrieved 7 November 2024.