Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative spelling: Acerotherium
Full reference: J. J. Kaup. 1834. Description d'Ossements Fossiles de Mammifères Inconnus Jusqu'à-Présent. 3:33-64
Parent taxon: Aceratheriini according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Cerdeno 1992, Hay 1902, Kaya and Heissig 2001, Lambe 1908, Lydekker 1876, Owen 1848 and Prothero and Schoch 1989
Sister taxa: Alicornops, Chilotherium, Persiatherium
Subtaxa: Aceratherium huadeensis Aceratherium incisivum Aceratherium perimense Aceratherium persistens
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), China (3), Egypt (1), France (7), Georgia (2), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (3), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (5), Moldova (9), Pakistan (1), Poland (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (5), Slovakia (1), Spain (9), Switzerland (2), Syria (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (3), Ukraine (9)
• Neogene of Myanmar (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), China (1), Georgia (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (1)
Total: 84 collections including 93 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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