Mesaceratherium
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPerissodactyla
- FamilyRhinocerotidae
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- Parent taxon
- rhinoceros
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- Palaeoecology
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Mesaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids.
== Palaeoecology == Dental microwear and mesowear paired with δ13C analysis show that M. paulhiacense was a mixed feeder that fed predominantly on C3 plants.
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