Alicornops is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid belonging to the subfamily Aceratheriinae. It lived in Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene.

Alicornops
Temporal range: Miocene–Early Pliocene
Alicornops simorrense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Aceratheriinae
Genus: Alicornops
Ginsburg & Guerin, 1979
Type species
Alicornops simorrense
Lartet, 1851[1]
Species
  • A. alfambrense
  • A. complanatum
  • A. laogouense
  • A. simorrense

Four species are known. Two of them, Alicornops complanatum and Alicornops laogouense were described recently from the Siwaliks of Pakistan.[2]

The type species Alicornops simorrense was a relatively small aceratheriine with a small horn, short tridactyl legs and strongly curved lower incisors.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Alicornops simorrense". MNHN France.
  2. ^ Kahn, A.M. (2013). "New Alicornops (Rhinocerotidae) remains from Lower and Middle Siwaliks, Pakistan". Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (2): 131–155. Bibcode:2013AnPal..99..131K. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.10.003. hdl:11336/4824.
  3. ^ Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.