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Aceratherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Aceratherium Kaup p. 50
1848Acerotherium Owen p. 139
1876Acerotherium Lydekker
1902Aceratherium Hay p. 645
1904Aceratherium persistens Osborn
1908Aceratherium Lambe
1988Aceratherium Carroll
1989Aceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1992Aceratherium Cerdeno
2001Aceratherium Kaya and Heissig p. 458
2010Aceratherium Antoine et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
tribeAceratheriiniDollo 1885
genusAceratherium

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.

G. †Aceratherium Kaup 1834
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†Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824
†Aceratherium perimense Falconer and Cautley 1847
Invalid names: Aceratherium persistens Osborn 1904 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:08:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Ruscinian or 29.50000 to 3.20000 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) A. sp. (174759)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Antwerpen) A. albigense (52047)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) A. pacificum (180202)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan A. aralense (64413 74900)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Georgia A. sp. (182744)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia A. pauliacense (181062)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya A. acutirostratum (70808)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) A. incisivum (201497)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Ukraine A. sp. (184130)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Myanmar Rhinoceros sp. (215569)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) A. acutirostratum, A. sp. (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya A. acutirostratum (38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) A. sp. (41810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. sp. (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia A. sp. (47021 47026 47069 47074 47097)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) A. fahlbuschi (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) A. platyodon (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) A. platyodon (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) A. platyodon (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt A. sp. (53970)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) A. platyodon (31316 31326)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya A. acutirostratum (22303) A. sp. (22273)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) A. simorrense (42588 42595 42596)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Kazakhstan A. depereti (75058)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Pakistan (Punjab) A. sp. (13472)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) A. incisivum (199537)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Switzerland (Zurich) A. incisivum (198616)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Ningxia) Aceratheriina indet. (42539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) A. sp. (60263)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Cherson) A. sp. (60256)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) A. sp. (210590) A. sp., A. incisivum (210536)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova A. incisivum (60271)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) A. sp. (56738)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia A. sp., A. aurelianense (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain A. sp. (78058)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) A. sp. (46277)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine A. sp. (183535)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania (Vaslui) A. incisivum (197472)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Russian Federation A. sp. (73903)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine (Crimea) A. zernovi (60252)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Georgia A. transcaucasicum (73901)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Izmail) A. incisivum (76313)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine A. incisivum (76299) A. kowalev, A. incisivum (75800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova A. incisivum (75802) A. schlosseri, A. incisivum (75803) A. simplex, A. incisivum (75801)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) A. sp. (11798)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) A. incisivum (75794) A. schlosseri, A. persima, A. sp. (75796)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246India (Gujarat) Rhinoceros perimensis (203112)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) A. sp. (34256)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain (Barcelona) A. sp. (38152)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) A. incisivum, Dicerorhinus sp. (40768)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) A. incisivum (38972 38976) A. sp. (176268)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Syria Acerotherium persiae (41746)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) A. sp. (182750)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) A. lydekkeri (13060)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) A. incissivum (36143) A. schlosseri, A. incisivum (36139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Mugla) A. sp. (13998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) A. perimense (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey A. kowaleskii (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) A. sp. (144187)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) A. incisivum (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Moldova (Anenii Noi) A. incisivum (60268)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain (Teruel) A. incisivum (38345)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Turkey (Thrace) A. incisivum (67661)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) A. sp. (37789)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Georgia A. sp. (75087)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) A. incisivum (40758)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) A. incisivum (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria A. incisivum (215636)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) A. sp. (40394)