Alicornops

Alicornops; Temporal range: Miocene–Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Alicornops simorrense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:	†Aceratheriinae
Genus:	†Alicornops; Ginsburg & Guerin, 1979
Type species
	†Alicornops simorrense; Lartet, 1851
Species
	A. alfambrense; A. complanatum; A. laogouense; A. simorrense;

Alicornops is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid belonging to the subfamily Aceratheriinae. It lived in Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene.

Four species are known. Two of them, Alicornops complanatum and Alicornops laogouense were described recently from the Siwaliks of Pakistan.^[2]

The type species, Alicornops simorrense, was a relatively small aceratheriine with a small horn, short tridactyl legs and strongly curved lower incisors.^[3]

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

Paired δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O analysis of Alicornops fossils from the Linxia Basin of Gansu, China suggests that the genus mainly stuck to forest environments but that it had a generalist diet.^[4]

References

↑ "Alicornops simorrense". MNHN France.
↑ Kahn, A.M. (2013). "New Alicornops (Rhinocerotidae) remains from Lower and Middle Siwaliks, Pakistan". Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (2): 131–155. Bibcode:2013AnPal..99..131K. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.10.003. hdl:11336/4824.
↑ Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.
↑ Biasatti, Dana; Wang, Yang; Deng, Tao (15 March 2018). "Paleoecology of Cenozoic rhinos from northwest China: a stable isotope perspective". Vertebrata Palasiatica. 56 (1). ISSN 2096-9899. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026 – via Vertebrata PalAsiatica.

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[1] "Alicornops simorrense". MNHN France.

[2] Kahn, A.M. (2013). "New Alicornops (Rhinocerotidae) remains from Lower and Middle Siwaliks, Pakistan". Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (2): 131–155. Bibcode:2013AnPal..99..131K. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.10.003. hdl:11336/4824.

[3] Henke, Winfried; Tattersall, Ian (2007). Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids. Springer. p. 981.

[4] Biasatti, Dana; Wang, Yang; Deng, Tao (15 March 2018). "Paleoecology of Cenozoic rhinos from northwest China: a stable isotope perspective". Vertebrata Palasiatica. 56 (1). ISSN 2096-9899. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026 – via Vertebrata PalAsiatica.

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