| Ceratotherium neumayri Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| A cast of a Ceratotherium neumayri skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Ceratotherium |
| Species: | †C. neumayri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ceratotherium neumayri Geraads, 1988 | |
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Ceratotherium neumayri is an extinct species of rhinoceros which lived during the late Miocene epoch in what is now Turkey.
It is often regarded as a likely ancestor to both the white rhinoceros and the black rhinoceros of Africa.
In 2012, a well preserved Ceratotherium neumayri specimen, which is believed to have died due to radiation during a volcanic eruption, was discovered.
