†subfamily Aceratheriinae Dollo 1885 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative spelling: Aceratherinae

Parent taxon: Rhinocerotidae according to X.-K. Lu et al. 2016

See also Antoine et al. 2000, Athanassiou et al. 2014, Cerdeno 1992, Codrea 1992, Deng 2005, Deng and Qi 2009, Ginsburg and Heissig 1989, Gustafson 2012, Hay 1902, Kaya and Heissig 2001, Prothero 1998, Prothero 2005, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Sach and Heizmann 2001 and Tong 2001

Sister taxa: Aceratheriini, Amphicaenopus, Anchisodon tubifer, Atelodus, Diceratheriinae, Dicerorhininae, Elasmotheriina, Forstercooperia crudus, Gigantamynodon akespensis, Gulfoceras, Huangotherium, Iranotheriinae, Penetrigonias, Rhinoceros crassus, Rhinoceros oregonensis, Rhinocerotinae, Subhyracodon, Teleoceratinae, Teletaceras, Trigonias, Uintaceras, Woodoceras, Zalabis

Subtaxa: Acerorhinus Aphelops Chilotheridium Chilotheriini Floridaceras Galushaceras Hoploaceratherium Peraceras Plesiaceratherium Proaceratherium Subchilotherium

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Pliocene of China (3)

• Hemphillian of United States (41: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (3), China (11), France (11), Germany (9), Greece (2), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Kenya (5), Mongolia (2), Pakistan (2), Panama (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Turkey (3), United States (205: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 308 collections including 332 occurrences

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