Long before humans walked the planet, a massive creature ruled the forests and open plains of ancient Eurasia.

Paraceratherium might have had an even longer stride with an even larger range. And this would have been a big advantage, especially considering the changes to the climate that were going on.

The newly identified species, Paraceratherium linxiaense — named after its discovery spot in the Linxia Basin in Gansu province — towered over other animals during its lifetime. The 26-foot ...

For over a century, Paraceratherium – a 26-foot-long, 15 ton, hornless rhino – has been cited as the biggest of the big beasts. But, ...

Paraceratherium just had a bit more vertical reach thanks to a long neck and, Prothero suggests, a prehensile lip. That’s a way of reaching high for food different from the elephantine method of ...

The giant rhino, genus Paraceratherium, was a hornless, long-necked herbivore living in open woodland, reaching an estimated weight of 20 tons - equal to several modern rhinos. The genus is ...

For Paraceratherium, a large mammal that spent most of its waking hours browsing on trees, this change in plant composition proved devastating and it fell into extinction.

The Paraceratherium linxiaense had a body weight of 24 tons, similar to the total weight of four large African elephants or eight white rhinos, according to Deng.

The ancient giant rhino Paraceratherium linxiaense lived on the Tibetan Plateau 26.5 million years ago A new species of ancient giant rhino has been discovered in north-western China.

Also known as the Paraceratherium linxiaense, the Linxia Giant Rhino is estimated to have weighed 24 tons and was approximately the size of six elephants. Paleontologists discovered the fossils in ...