Shansirhinus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of rhinoceros}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Miocene|Pliocene}}

| image = Skull of Shansirhinus ringstromi.JPG

| image_caption = Skull of Shansirhinus ringstromi

| taxon = Shansirhinus

| authority = Kretzoi, 1942

| type_species = †Shansirhinus ringstromi

| type_species_authority = Kretzoi, 1942

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *S. brancoi

  • S. dengi
  • S. ringstromi

}}

Shansirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid endemic to China during the Miocene through Pliocene.{{Cite journal | last1 = Deng | first1 = T. | title = New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China | doi = 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.12.003 | journal = Geobios | volume = 38 | issue = 3 | pages = 301–313 | year = 2005 | bibcode = 2005Geobi..38..301D }}

Members of Shansirhinus were originally classified as species of Chilotherium.

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