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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{{Perissodactyla Genera|Rh.}}
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Category:Miocene mammals of Asia
Category:Pliocene mammals of Asia
Category:Pliocene rhinoceroses
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1942
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