Mesaceratherium Explained

Mesaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids.[1]

Palaeoecology

Dental microwear and mesowear paired with δ13C analysis show that M. paulhiacense was a mixed feeder that fed predominantly on C3 plants.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Antoine . P. -O. . Downing . K. F. . Crochet . J. -Y. . Duranthon . F. . Flynn . L. J. . Marivaux . L. . Métais . G. . Rajpar . A. R. . Roohi . G. . 2010 . A revision of Aceratherium blanfordi Lydekker, 1884 (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae) from the Early Miocene of Pakistan: postcranials as a key . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 160 . 139–194 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00597.x. free .
  2. Hullot . Manon . Martin . Céline . Blondel . Cécile . Rössner . Gertrud E. . 14 February 2024 . Life in a Central European warm-temperate to subtropical open forest: Paleoecology of the rhinocerotids from Ulm-Westtangente (Aquitanian, Early Miocene, Germany) . . en . 111 . 1 . 10.1007/s00114-024-01893-w . 0028-1042 . 11401789 . 38353735 . 14 November 2024 . Springer Nature Link.

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