Eoazara Temporal range:
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Holotype cranial remains | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Subfamily: | †Elasmotheriinae |
Genus: | †Eoazara Geraads & Zouhri, 2021 |
Type species | |
†Eoazara xerrii Geraads & Zouhri, 2021
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Eoazara xerrii is a species of extinct elasmotheriine rhinoceros from the upper Miocene of Morocco, the first definitive representative of the subfamily in North Africa.[1] It is known from a well preserved skull and postcranial material, preserving the most complete late Miocene rhino skull found in Africa.[1]