Paraceratheriidae

Paraceratheriidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene,
Skeleton of Paraceratherium
Skeleton of Juxia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Rhinocerotoidea
Family: Paraceratheriidae
Osborn, 1923
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Baluchitheriinae Osborn, 1923
  • Indricotheriinae Borissiak, 1923
  • Forstercooperiidae? Kretzoi, 1940

Paraceratheriidae is an extinct family of long-limbed, hornless rhinocerotoids, native to Asia and Eastern Europe that originated in the Eocene epoch and lived until the end of the Oligocene. They represent some of the largest terrestrial mammals to have ever lived.