Arsinoitherium
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| Arsinoitherium Fossil range: Late Eocene – Early Oligocene |
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| Arsinoitherium zitteli | |||||||||||||||
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| Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell, 1902 |
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Arsinoitherium is a 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 elephants. Fossils of Arsinoitherium have been found in Faiyum, Egypt.
