Gaindatherium

Gaindatherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in Asia during the Miocene. It is mainly known from the Siwalik Hills in Pakistan, though its fossils have been found as far west as the Negev desert.^[1]

Gaindatherium Temporal range: Early - Mid Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	†Gaindatherium Colbert, 1934
Type species
†Gaindatherium browni Colbert, 1934
Species
G. browni G. vidali

Description

Gaindatherium is believed to be the direct ancestor of the genus Rhinoceros. Among the features it shares with that genus are arched nasal bones that helped support its single horn and a forward-inclined back of skull.^[2] Its skull is longer and narrower compared to Rhinoceros, with more primitive brachyodont teeth.^[3]