Victoriaceros

Vik-tor-e-ah-seh-ros.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Victoriaceros ‭(‬Victoria horn‭)‬.

Phonetic

Vik-tor-e-ah-seh-ros.

Named By

Denis Geraads,‭ ‬Monte McCrossin and Brenda Benefit‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Perissodactyla,‭ ‬Rhinocerotidae,‭ ‬Elasmotheriinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

V.‭ ‬kenyensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Kenya‭ ‬-‭ ‬Makobo Beds.

Time Period

Early Langhian of the Miocene.

Fossil representation

Complete skull and partial post cranial remains of several individuals.

In Depth

       Victoriaceros is a genus of extinct elamostherine‭ ‬rhinoceros that lived in what is now Kenya during the mid Miocene.‭ ‬The nasal horn of Victoriaceros has been noted as being particularly large.‭ ‬Victoriaceros is named after Lake Victoria in Kenya which is near where the holotype remains were found.‭ ‬The type species name means‭ ‘‬from Kenya‭’‬.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A New Rhinoceros,‭ ‬Victoriaceros kenyensis gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬and Other Perissodactyla from the Middle Miocene of Maboko,‭ ‬Kenya‭ ‬-‭ ‬Denis Geraads,‭ ‬Monte McCrossin and Brenda Benefit‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.- New Rhinocerotidae from the Kisingiri localities (lower Miocene of Western Kenya). – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (3): e1103247. – Denis Geraads, Thomas Lehmann, Daniel J. Peppe & Kieran P. Mcnulty – 2016.

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