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| - Paraceratherium, is a genus of gigantic hornless rhinoceros-like mammals, belonging to the family of the Hyracodontidae. It lives in the Forbidden Mountains.
- On ne discute pas pour savoir s'il s'agit ou non d'une espèce distincte mais il y a désaccord sur le placement de cet animal dans le même genre qu'Indricotherium transouralicum (connu également sous le nom de Baluchitherium grangeri). S'il s'agit du même genre, Indricotherium et Baluchitherium deviendraient des synonymes de Paraceratherium, puisque, selon les règles de classification scientifique, c'est la première publication qui détermine la priorité et le nom de genre Paraceratherium précède de plus d'une décennie les deux autres.
- Tatem Games announced on their Facebook page on July 16, 2013 that they were adding Paraceratherium to the game in addition to Hyaenodon in 5-7 days. It has been updated on November 26, 2013. In game, Paraceratherium is a huge, quadrupedal herbivore that thunders across its environment. Like most of the herbivores in the polar regions of the planet, Paraceratherium occasionally stops to graze on low-lying shrubbery. This enormous beast will also stomp about and shake its head violently, perhaps as a warning to smaller predators or to other Paraceratherium who may be intruding its territory. The Paraceratherium is dangerous if wounded, and at close range will charge the hunter if shot. If a hunter fails to down a charging Paraceratherium, the animal will repeatedly crush the hunter under it
- The exact size of Paraceratherium is unknown because of the incompleteness of the fossils. Its weight is estimated to have been 15 to 20 tonnes (33,000 to 44,000 lb) at most; the shoulder height was about 4.8 metres (16 feet), and the length about 7.40 metres (24.3 feet). The legs were long and pillar-like. The long neck supported a skull that was about 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) long. It had large, tusk-like incisors and a nasal incision that suggests it had a prehensile upper lip or proboscis. The lifestyle of Paraceratherium may have been similar to that of modern large mammals such as the elephants and extant rhinoceroses. Because of its size, it would have had few predators and a slow rate of reproduction. Paraceratherium was a browser, eating mainly leaves, soft plants, and shrubs. It lived
- Needing to eat massive amounts of vegetation to survive, Paraceratherium suffered as the central Asian forests were replaced by grassland habitats causing this huge mammal to become extinct. Indricotherium is the largest land mammal known, larger than the largest species of mammoths (Mammuthus Sungari, which may have approached it in size and weight). It is also known as the "giraffe rhinoceros". Adult Paraceratherium are estimated to have been 5.5 metres (18 ft) tall at the shoulder, 9 metres (30 ft) in length from nose to rump, a maximum raised head height of about 8 metres (26 ft), and a skull length of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). Weight estimates vary greatly, but most realistic and reliable weight estimates are about 20 tonnes. This puts it in the weight range of some medium-sized sauropod d
- Paraceratherium is regarded as the largest land mammal known, with the largest species having an estimated mean adult mass of 11 t (12 tons)[4] and the largest individual known estimated at 4.8 m (16 ft) tall at the shoulders, 8.0 m (26.2 ft) in length from nose to rump, and 16 t (18 tons) in weight.[5] Image:Indricotherium11.jpg Paraceratherium was a browsing herbivorous perissodactyl that stripped leaves from trees with its downward-pointing, tusk-like upper teeth that occluded forward-pointing lower teeth. It had a long, low, hornless skull and vaulted frontal and nasal bones. Its front teeth were reduced to a single pair of incisors in either jaw, but they were conical and so large that they looked like small tusks. The upper incisors pointed straight downwards, while the lower ones ju
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| - Paraceratherium, is a genus of gigantic hornless rhinoceros-like mammals, belonging to the family of the Hyracodontidae. It lives in the Forbidden Mountains.
- Needing to eat massive amounts of vegetation to survive, Paraceratherium suffered as the central Asian forests were replaced by grassland habitats causing this huge mammal to become extinct. Indricotherium is the largest land mammal known, larger than the largest species of mammoths (Mammuthus Sungari, which may have approached it in size and weight). It is also known as the "giraffe rhinoceros". Adult Paraceratherium are estimated to have been 5.5 metres (18 ft) tall at the shoulder, 9 metres (30 ft) in length from nose to rump, a maximum raised head height of about 8 metres (26 ft), and a skull length of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). Weight estimates vary greatly, but most realistic and reliable weight estimates are about 20 tonnes. This puts it in the weight range of some medium-sized sauropod dinosaurs. It was a herbivore that stripped leaves from trees with its down-pointing, tusk-like upper teeth that occluded forward-pointing lower teeth. It had a long, low, hornless skull and vaulted frontal and nasal bones. Its front teeth were reduced to a single pair of incisors in either jaw, but they were conical and so large that they looked like small tusks. The upper incisors pointed straight downwards, while the lower ones jutted outwards. The upper lip was evidently extremely mobile. The neck was very long, the trunk robust, and the limbs long and thick, column-like. Its type of dentition, its mobile upper lip and its long legs and neck indicate that it was a browser that lived on the leaves and twigs of trees and large shrubs. Paraceratherium was the largest land mammal ever, weighing four times that of a modern elephant and twice that of the largest known mammoth. It's head was small compared to its enormous body which was supported by three toes on each foot (much like the rhinoceros of today). Using two teeth on its upper jaw and two on its lower jaw, the Paraceratherium was able to graze on trees more than 26 ft high. Remains have been found in Baluchitherium (Pakistan) which the animal is sometimes referred to as. Paraceratherium is also known as Baluchitherium or Indricotherium.
- Paraceratherium is regarded as the largest land mammal known, with the largest species having an estimated mean adult mass of 11 t (12 tons)[4] and the largest individual known estimated at 4.8 m (16 ft) tall at the shoulders, 8.0 m (26.2 ft) in length from nose to rump, and 16 t (18 tons) in weight.[5] Image:Indricotherium11.jpg Paraceratherium was a browsing herbivorous perissodactyl that stripped leaves from trees with its downward-pointing, tusk-like upper teeth that occluded forward-pointing lower teeth. It had a long, low, hornless skull and vaulted frontal and nasal bones. Its front teeth were reduced to a single pair of incisors in either jaw, but they were conical and so large that they looked like small tusks. The upper incisors pointed straight downwards, while the lower ones jutted outwards. The upper lip was evidently extremely mobile. The neck was very long, the trunk robust, and the limbs long and thick, column-like. It lived in and browsed the forests of Central Asia between 23 and 34 million years ago. Its type of dentition, its mobile upper lip and its long legs and neck indicate that it was a browser that lived on the leaves and twigs of trees and large shrubs.
- The exact size of Paraceratherium is unknown because of the incompleteness of the fossils. Its weight is estimated to have been 15 to 20 tonnes (33,000 to 44,000 lb) at most; the shoulder height was about 4.8 metres (16 feet), and the length about 7.40 metres (24.3 feet). The legs were long and pillar-like. The long neck supported a skull that was about 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) long. It had large, tusk-like incisors and a nasal incision that suggests it had a prehensile upper lip or proboscis. The lifestyle of Paraceratherium may have been similar to that of modern large mammals such as the elephants and extant rhinoceroses. Because of its size, it would have had few predators and a slow rate of reproduction. Paraceratherium was a browser, eating mainly leaves, soft plants, and shrubs. It lived in habitats ranging from arid deserts with a few scattered trees to subtropical forests. The reasons for the animal's extinction are unknown, but various factors have been proposed. The taxonomy of the genus and the species within has a long and complicated history. Other genera of Oligocene indricotheres, such as Baluchitherium, Indricotherium, and Dzungariotherium have been named, but no complete specimens exist, making comparison and classification difficult. Most modern scientists consider these genera to be junior synonyms of Paraceratherium, and that it contains four discernible species; P. bugtiense (the type species), P. transouralicum, P. prohorovi, and P. orgosensis, although the last may be a distinct genus. The most completely-known species is P. transouralicum, so most reconstructions of the genus are based on it. Differences between P. bugtiense and P. transouralicum may be due to sexual dimorphism, which would make them the same species.
- On ne discute pas pour savoir s'il s'agit ou non d'une espèce distincte mais il y a désaccord sur le placement de cet animal dans le même genre qu'Indricotherium transouralicum (connu également sous le nom de Baluchitherium grangeri). S'il s'agit du même genre, Indricotherium et Baluchitherium deviendraient des synonymes de Paraceratherium, puisque, selon les règles de classification scientifique, c'est la première publication qui détermine la priorité et le nom de genre Paraceratherium précède de plus d'une décennie les deux autres.
- Tatem Games announced on their Facebook page on July 16, 2013 that they were adding Paraceratherium to the game in addition to Hyaenodon in 5-7 days. It has been updated on November 26, 2013. In game, Paraceratherium is a huge, quadrupedal herbivore that thunders across its environment. Like most of the herbivores in the polar regions of the planet, Paraceratherium occasionally stops to graze on low-lying shrubbery. This enormous beast will also stomp about and shake its head violently, perhaps as a warning to smaller predators or to other Paraceratherium who may be intruding its territory. The Paraceratherium is dangerous if wounded, and at close range will charge the hunter if shot. If a hunter fails to down a charging Paraceratherium, the animal will repeatedly crush the hunter under its mighty front legs, much like the Brontotherium. Like Diatryma, Paraceratherium can swim if the water is far down.
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