#diceratherium

[plasmagruntcalvin]

Decided I’d take a shot at drawing a mammal for once. Here’s Diceratherium, a species only known from a single tooth in my home state.

[antiqueanimals]

The Evolution of the Mammals. Written by L. B. Halstead. Illustration by Sergio. 1978.

Internet Archive

[bonesthedestroyeroflegos]

A collection of my watercolor paintings based on the John Day Fossil Beds coloring pages. Original lineart thanks to the National Park Service and John Day Fossil Beds specifically.

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument coloring pages

[antiqueanimals]

Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful. Written by Laurence Pringle. Illustrated by Carol Heyer. 1995.

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[bonesthedestroyeroflegos]

Artober Day 21. A rhino tooth.

[palaeopedia]

The two horned beast, Diceratherium (1875)

Phylum : Chordata Class : Mammalia Order : Perissodactyla Family : Rhinocerotidae Genus : Diceratherium Species : D. armatum, D. matutimum, D. annectens, D. tridactylum, D. niobrarense

Late Oligocene/Miocene (33 - 11 Ma)

2 m long and 1 000 kg (size)

North America and Eurasia (map)

Diceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to North America, Europe, and Asia during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 33.9—11.6 mya, existing for approximately 22.3 million years. Mass estimates for the type species, D. armatum average around 1 t.