Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: L. Ginsburg and K. Heissig. 1989. Hoploaceratherium, a new generic name for "Aceratherium" tetradactylum. The Evolution of Perissodactyls 418-421
Parent taxon: Aceratheriinae according to L. Ginsburg and K. Heissig 1989
See also Cerdeno 1992 and Prothero and Schoch 1989
Sister taxa: Acerorhinus, Aphelops, Chilotheridium, Chilotheriini, Floridaceras, Galushaceras, Peraceras, Plesiaceratherium, Proaceratherium, Subchilotherium
Subtaxa: Hoploaceratherium bavaricum Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Mongolia (2), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Spain (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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