What is Arsinoitherium?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Arsinoitherium'' | fossil_range = late [[Eocene]] – early [[Oligocene]] | image = Arsinoitherium zitteli.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Arsinoitherium zitteli'' | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | superordo = [[Afrotheria]] | ordo = †[[Embrithopoda]] | familia = †[[Arsinoitheriidae]] | genus = [[extinction|†]]'''''Arsinoitherium''''' | type_species = '''''Arsinoitherium zitteli''''' | type_species_authority = Beadnell, 1902}} '''''Arsinoitherium''''' is an extinct genus, a large [[mammal]] that lived during the early [[Oligocene]] (about 38 to 23 million years ago). Although it looked like a [[rhinoceros]], it is more closely related to [[elephant]]s. Fossils of ''Arsinoitherium'' have been found in [[Faiyum]], [[Egypt]].<ref>Turner, Alan & Anton, Mauricio 2004. ''Evolving Eden: an illustrated guide to the evolution of the African large-mammal fauna''. Columbia University Press, New York, 111. {{ISBN|0-231-11944-5}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Fossils]] [[Category:Mammals]]