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Hippopotamus-like rhinoceros (composite)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
This species of rhino had a broad, barrel-like chest, and shorter legs than modern rhinos.
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Details
- Title: Hippopotamus-like rhinoceros (composite)
- Location: Republican River/Ogallala formations, Phillips Co., Kansas, United States, North America
- Physical Dimensions: L: 267 cm W: 90 cm H: 120 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: 450 cm
- USNM Catalog Number(s): V6743, V11315
- Scientific Name: <i>Teleoceras fossiger</i>
- Photo Credit: James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: Lived 10–5 million years ago
- Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene - Clarendonian
- Field: Paleobiology
- Date Collected: 1884
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