Arsinoitherium
Arsinoitherium zitteli
ok. 3 mAdult individual · rekonstrukcja
Body length
Body length
wzdłuż osi ciała · od pyska do końca ogonaMeasurement: side
- Mass · szacunek
- No estimateSzacunki kopalne
Arsinoitherium — size comparison
Arsinoitherium was a herbivorous mammal known from African Late Eocene and Early Oligocene deposits. The best-known finds come from Egypt’s Fayum. It belonged t
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Length
wzdłuż osi ciała · od pyska do końca ogonaReconstructed measurements · fossil estimates
Body lengthScale in m
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approx. 3 m
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Arsinoitherium — size comparison — facts and sources
Arsinoitherium was a herbivorous mammal known from African Late Eocene and Early Oligocene deposits. The best-known finds come from Egypt’s Fayum. It belonged to embrithopods, an extinct lineage more closely related to other African mammals than to rhinoceroses.
Horn roles in communication and competition can be considered but remain hypothetical. Reconstructions rely on bones; skin details, group organisation and seasonal habitat use are considerably less certain.