Diceratherium

Diceratherium
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Miocene,
Skeleton, University of Wyoming Geological Museum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Elasmotheriinae
Genus: Diceratherium
Marsh, 1875
Type species
Diceratherium armatum
Marsh, 1875
Species
  • D. matutinum Marsh, 1870
  • D. annectens Marsh, 1873
  • D. armatum Marsh, 1875
  • D. tridactylum Marsh, 1893
  • D. niobrarense Peterson, 1906

Diceratherium (meaning "two horned beast") is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid native to North America during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 33.9 to 11.6 mya, existing for approximately 22.3 million years. Mass estimates for the type species, D. armatum average around 1 t (2,200 lb)