Protaceratherium

Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.^[2]

Protaceratherium Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene
P. minutum skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	†Protaceratherium Abel, 1910[1]
Species
Protaceratherium albigense Protaceratherium minutum

It was a primitive, lightly built rhinoceros that was adapted to running.^[3]

Jaw

Palaeoecology

Analysis of dental δ¹³C values combined with dental mesowear and microwear show that P. minutum fed primarily on C₃ plants and that it consumed less abrasive plants than the contemporary Mesaceratherium paulhiacense.^[4]