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Ceratotherium praecox

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
C. cottoni, C. mauritanicum, C. neumayri (syn. Diceros pachygnathus), C. simum

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
genusCeratotheriumGray 1868
speciespraecox

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Ceratotherium praecox (22220)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Ceratotherium praecox (22373 22379 22381 22386 22387 22399 22428)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Ceratotherium praecox (22139 22179)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (Namaqualand) Ceratotherium praecox (51189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22307)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Ceratotherium praecox (59167)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Ceratotherium praecox (21332)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (22044)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Ceratotherium praecox (21737 22160 22174)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Ceratotherium praecox (22222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22234)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Ceratotherium praecox (21335 21336)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Ceratotherium praecox (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Ceratotherium praecox (74791)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (21830)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (21434 22235 22239)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Ceratotherium praecox (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (21789 21793 21795 21796 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21806 21807 21808 21810 21811 21812 21813 21818 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Ceratotherium praecox (21783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Ceratotherium praecox (21962 22505 22506)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (21482)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22238)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (21814 21815)