Brachypotherium Roger, 1904

Geraads, Denis & Miller, Ellen, 2013, Brachypotherium minor n. sp., and other Rhinocerotidae from the Early Miocene of Buluk, Northern Kenya, Geodiversitas 35 (2), pp. 359-375 : 360

Genus Brachypotherium Roger, 1904

DIAGNOSIS. — Large rhinos with broad and low skull, short nasals, nasal horn(s) absent or small, orbit far forward, powerful anterior dentition and especially large I1s with a short root, brachyodont cheek-teeth and short but broad premolars. Upper and lower molars tend to have flattened buccal walls and the latter have shallow ectoflexids.Gonial area of the mandible expanded.Short massive terminal limb segments, with a characteristically low talus. Three digits.

TYPE SPECIES. — Rhinoceros goldfussi Kaup, 1834 by original designation.