Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative spelling: Elasmotheriinae
Full reference: C.-L. Bonaparte. 1850. Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata. 1
Parent taxon: Rhinocerotidae according to P.-O. Antoine 2003
See also Antoine et al. 2002, Antoine et al. 2010, Bonaparte 1850, Cerdeno 1992, Hay 1902, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Tong 2001
Sister taxa: Aceratheriinae, Aceratheriini, Amphicaenopus, Anchisodon tubifer, Atelodus, Diceratheriinae, Dicerorhininae, Forstercooperia crudus, Gigantamynodon akespensis, Gulfoceras, Huangotherium, Iranotheriinae, Miodiceros, Penetrigonias, Rhinoceros crassus, Rhinoceros oregonensis, Rhinoceros pacificus, Rhinocerotinae, Subhyracodon, Teleoceratinae, Teletaceras, Trigonias, Uintaceras, Woodoceras, Zalabis
Subtaxa: Bugtirhinus Caementodon Diceratherium Elasmotheriini Hispanotherium Huaqingtherium Iranotherium Kenyatherium Procoelodonta Sinotherium
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), Uzbekistan (1)
• Turolian of Kazakhstan (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (10), France (3), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (5), Pakistan (3), Panama (2), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (1), United States (41: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (29: Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (20: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), Mongolia (1), United States (33: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 185 collections including 206 occurrences