| 词条 | Arsinoitherium |
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| fossil_range = Late Eocene-Early Oligocene ~{{fossil range|36|27}} | image = Arsinoitherium zitteli.jpg | image_upright = 1.1 | image_caption = Arsinoitherium zitteli | taxon = Arsinoitherium | authority = Beadnell 1902 | type_species = Arsinoitherium zitteli | type_species_authority = Beadnell 1902 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
}} Arsinoitherium is an extinct genus of paenungulate mammals belonging to the extinct order Embrithopoda. It is related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes and the extinct desmostylians. Arsinoitheres were superficially rhinoceros-like herbivores that lived during the late Eocene and the early Oligocene of northern Africa from 36 to 30 million years ago, in areas of tropical rainforest and at the margin of mangrove swamps. A species described in 2004, A. giganteum, lived in Ethiopia about 27 million years ago. EtymologyThe generic name Arsinoitherium comes from Pharaoh Arsinoe I, after whom the Faiyum Oasis, the region in which the fossils were found, was called during Ptolemaic Kingdom, and the {{lang-grc|θηρίον}} theríon "beast". The species epithet of the type species, A. zitteli, was given to it in honor of the eminent German paleontologist Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel, regarded by some as the pioneer of paleontology in Egypt.[1] Discovery and fossil relativesThe best known (and first described) species is A. zitteli. Another species, A. giganteum, was discovered in the Ethiopian highlands of Chilga in 2003. The fossil teeth, far larger than those of A. zitteli, date to around 28-27 million years ago[2] While the Fayum Oasis is the only site where complete skeletons of Arsinoitherium fossils were recovered, arsinoitheriids have been found in southeastern Europe, including Crivadiatherium from Romania, and Hypsamasia and Palaeoamasia from Turkey. DescriptionWhen alive, they would have superficially resembled a rhinoceros. Adults of the species A. zitteli stood around {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall at the shoulders and {{convert|3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} in length.[3][4] The most noticeable features of Arsinoitherium were a pair of enormous horns above the nose and a second pair of tiny knob-like horns over the eyes. Typically portrayed as similar to the ossicones of modern giraffes, they were structurally similar to the horns of modern bovids.[5][6] The skeleton is robust and the limbs were columnar, similar to those of elephants; the hips were also elephant-like.[3] Arsinoitherium had a full complement of 44 teeth, which is the primitive state of placental mammalian dentition, with characteristics suggesting that it was a selective browser. {{clear}}DistributionFossils of Arsinoitherium have been found in:[7]
References1. ^{{cite journal|last=Beadnell|first=H.G.C.|title=A preliminary note on Arsinoitherium zitteli, Beadnell, from the Upper Eocene strata of Egypt|journal=Public Works Ministry, National Printing Department|date=1902|pages=1–4|location=Cairo}} 2. ^Sanders, W.J., Kappelman, J., and Rasmussen, D.T. 2004. New large−bodied mammals from the late Oligocene site of Chilga, Ethiopia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (3): 365–392. . 3. ^1 {{cite book|last=Andrews|first=C.W.|title=A descriptive catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayûm. British Museum, London|publisher=Taylor and Francis|pages=324|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/55134#/summary}} 4. ^{{cite journal|title=El género Arsinoitherium: catálogo de la colección inédita del Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de París y el problema del número de especies|journal=Palaeontologica Nova|date=2008|volume=SEPAZ|issue=8|pages=292–304|url=https://www.academia.edu/1470135/El_genero_Arsinoitherium_catalogo_de_la_coleccion_inedita_del_Museum_National_dHistoire_Naturelle_de_Paris_y_el_problema_del_numero_de_especies|author=Mondéjar-Fernández|language=Spanish|display-authors=etal}} 5. ^Andrews, C. W. (1906). A descriptive catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayum. Publ. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. Land. XXXVII. 6. ^Anonymous. (1903). A New Egyptian Mammal (Arsinoitherium) from the Fayûm. (1903). Geological Magazine, 10(12), 529-532. 7. ^Arsinoitherium at Fossilworks.org External links{{Portal|Paleontology|Paleogene|Prehistoric mammals|Prehistory of Africa|Prehistory of Asia}}{{Commons category|Arsinoitherium}}
17 : Embrithopods|Prehistoric mammal genera|Priabonian genus first appearances|Rupelian genus extinctions|Eocene mammals of Africa|Oligocene mammals of Africa|Fossils of Angola|Fossils of Egypt|Fossils of Ethiopia|Fossils of Kenya|Fossils of Libya|Fossils of Tunisia|Eocene mammals of Asia|Oligocene mammals of Asia|Fossils of Oman|Fossils of Saudi Arabia|Fossil taxa described in 1902 |
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