Adinotherium

Taxobox
name = "Adinotherium"range and species from Croft et al. (2004), p. 8; synonyms from McKenna and Bell (1997), p. 459.]
fossil_range = late early Miocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = †Notoungulata
familia = †Toxodontidae
subfamilia = †Nesodontinae
genus = †"Adinotherium"
genus_authority = Ameghino, 1887
type_species = †"Adinotherium ovinum"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"A. karaikense"
* †"A. nitidum"
* †"A. ovinum"
* †"A. robustum"
* †"A. splendidum"
synonyms =
* †"Phobereotherium" Ameghino, 1887
* †"Noadinotherium" Ameghino, 1907

"Adinotherium" ("not "Deinotherium")Palmer (1904) p. 80.] is an extinct genus of mammal.

The 1,50 m (5 ft) long animal looked like a smaller version of its rhinoceros-like relative "Toxodon". Its front legs were somewhat longer than those of its relatives, making its hip and shoulder height about equal. A small horn atop "Adinotherium"'s skull may have played a role in the mating season.

Notes

References

*Croft, D.A., Flynn, J.J. and Wyss, A.R. 2004. Notoungulata and Litopterna of the Early Miocene Chucal Fauna, Northern Chile. Fieldiana Geology 50(1):1-52. [http://www.archive.org/details/notoungulatalito50crof]
*McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. "Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level." Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
*Palmer, T.S. 1904. Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals. North American Fauna 23:1-984.