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elasmotherium Palæont.|ɪˌlæzməʊˈθɪərɪəm|
Also elasmothere.
[mod.L. (G. Fischer de Waldheim 1808, in Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou II. 250), f. Gr. ἐλασµός metal plate + θηρίον beast.]
A large extinct rhinoceros of the genus so named, the remains of which are found in the Pleistocene of Eurasia.
1879H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæont. (ed. 2) II. xlii. 329 We may mention here the singular Elasmotherium of the Post-Pliocene. 1905E. R. Lankester Extinct Animals iii. 144 One great extinct beast (the Elasmotherium), allied to the rhinoceroses, had a great horn. 1927Peake & Fleure Hunters & Artists iii. 32 Another grass-eating rhinoceros from Siberia, usually known as the Elasmothere. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Rel. Growth v. ii. 151 The extinct Elasmotherium possessed a horn in the shape of a flattened cone. 1966A. S. Romer Vertebrate Paleont. (ed. 3) xxx. 345/2 Some of the contrasting types, such as the woolly rhinoceros and the giant tundra-dwelling Elasmotherium of Eurasia, were cold-climate forms. |