Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative spelling: Elasmotheriinae
Full reference: C.-L. Bonaparte. 1850. Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata [Survey of the system of mammals. Second revised edition]. E. J. Brill, Leyden 1
Parent taxon: Rhinocerotidae according to P.-O. Antoine 2003
See also Antoine et al. 2002, Antoine et al. 2010, Bonaparte 1850, Cerdeno 1992, Hay 1902, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Tong 2001
Sister taxa: Aceratheriinae, Aceratheriini, Amphicaenopus, Anchisodon tubifer, Atelodus, Diceratheriinae, Dicerorhininae, Forstercooperia crudus, Gigantamynodon akespensis, Gulfoceras, Huangotherium, Iranotheriinae, Penetrigonias, Rhinoceros crassus, Rhinoceros oregonensis, Rhinocerotinae, Subhyracodon, Teleoceratinae, Teletaceras, Trigonias, Uintaceras, Woodoceras, Zalabis
Subtaxa: Bugtirhinus Caementodon Diceratherium Elasmotheriini Hispanotherium Huaqingtherium Iranotherium Kenyatherium Procoelodonta Sinotherium
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), Uzbekistan (1)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (9), France (3), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (5), Pakistan (3), Panama (2), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), United States (41: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (29: Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (20: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), Mongolia (1), United States (31: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 182 collections including 205 occurrences