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Mesaceratherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Mesaceratherium was named by Keissig (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Mesaceratherium gaimersheimense.

It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Aceratheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Mesaceratherium Keissig
1988Mesaceratherium Carroll
1989Mesaceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535
2010Mesaceratherium 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
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusMesaceratheriumKeissig 1969

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. †Mesaceratherium Keissig 1969
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Mesaceratherium welcommi Antoine et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available