page_title: Arsinoitheriidae
section_title: Fossil record
hierarchical_section_title: Arsinoitheriidae / Fossil record
caption_attribution_description: English: This reproduction of a painting of an undetermined species of Arsinoitherium was made to illustrate one card of a set of 30 collector cards from "Tiere der Urwelt" (Animals of the Prehistoric World). From the Series III. Deutsch: Diese Reproduktion eines Gemäldes einer nicht näher bezeichneten Art von Arsinoitherium wurde zur Illustration einer Karte aus einem Set von 30 Sammelkarten mit dem Titel „Tiere der Urwelt“ angefertigt. Aus der Serie III.
context_page_description: Arsinoitheriidae is a family of hoofed mammals belonging to the extinct order Embrithopoda. Remains have been found in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Romania. When alive, they would have borne a strong but superficial resemblance to modern rhinoceroses; however, they were not closely related to them, instead being more closely related to hyraxes, elephants, sirenians, and possibly desmostylians.
context_section_description: The last genus, Arsinoitherium, was first recovered from the Latest Eocene of the Fayum; it disappears from the fossil record altogether before the end of the Early Oligocene.
caption: Reconstruction of an undetermined Arsinoitherium species
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