Eoazara

Name: Eoazara ‭(‬Dawn azara‭)‬.
Phonetic: E-o-az-ah-rah.
Named By: D.‭ ‬Geraads‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Zouhri‭ ‬-2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Perissodactyla,‭ ‬Rhinocerotidae,‭ ‬Elasmotheriinae.
Species: E.‭ ‬xerrii‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains but roughly comparable to modern days rhinos but with a lighter build.
Known locations: Morocco.
Time period: Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial post cranial remains.

       Eoazara is a genus of elasmotherine rhino that lived in North Africa during the Miocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new late Miocene elasmotheriine rhinoceros from Morocco.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.‭ ‬66.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Geraads‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Zouhri‭ ‬-2021.



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