Paradiceros

Paradiceros is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in east Africa during the Late Miocene, between 13.7 and 9 million years ago.^[1]

Paradiceros Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene 13.7–9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	†Paradiceros Hooijer, 1968
Species:	†P. mukirii
Binomial name
†Paradiceros mukirii Hooijer, 1968

Paradiceros was a relatively small species once believed to be closely allied to Diceros. It was a browser and had very short legs, though not as short as some of the more primitive species like Chilotherium.^[2]