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Early rhinoceros (composite)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Though its body is similar in shape and build to a modern rhinoceros, this early rhino was one a of a few species without a horn on its nose.
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- Title: Early rhinoceros (composite)
- Location: Chadron Formation, Weld Co., Colorado, United States, North America
- Physical Dimensions: L: 198 cm W: 54 cm K: 100 cm
- Type: Fossil
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- Weight: 300 kg (estimated)
- USNM Catalog Number(s): V12724
- Scientific Name: <i>Trigonias osborni</i>
- Photo Credit: Brittany M. Hance, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: Lived 37–34 million years ago
- Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene - Chadronian
- Field: Paleobiology
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