Alicornops

Alicornops; Temporal range:
	Alicornops simorrense
Scientific classification
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;

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

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 inscisors.[3]

References

"Alicornops simorrense". MNHN France.
Kahn, A.M. (2013). "New Alicornops (Rhinocerotidae) remains from Lower and Middle Siwaliks, Pakistan". Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (2): 131–155. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.10.003.
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.

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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. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.10.003.

[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.