Ceratotherium neumayri

Ceratotherium neumayri
Skull

Ceratotherium neumayri is a fossil Rhinoceros from the eastern Mediterranean region dating to the late Miocene and is the likely ancestor of both the White Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros lineages of Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ PLIOCENE RHINOCEROTIDAE (MAMMALIA) FROM HADAR AND DIKIKA (LOWER AWASH, ETHIOPIA). AND REVISION OF THE ORIGIN OF MODERN AFRICAN RHINOS, Denis Geraads, 2005