Aceratherium Kaup 1834 (rhinoceros)

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

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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

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