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Ceratotherium praecox

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
C. cottoni, C. mauritanicum, C. neumayri (syn. Diceros pachygnathus), C. simum
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. neumayeri, C. smum

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
genusCeratotheriumGray 1868
speciespraecox

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Ceratotherium praecox (22373 22379 22381 22386 22387 22399 22428)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Ceratotherium praecox (22220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (Namaqualand) Ceratotherium praecox (51189)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Ceratotherium praecox (22139 22179)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22307)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) Ceratotherium praecox (21332)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) Ceratotherium praecox (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (22044)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Ceratotherium praecox (22222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Ceratotherium praecox (21737 22160 22174)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Ceratotherium praecox (21335 21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Ceratotherium praecox (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Ceratotherium praecox (74791)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (21434 22235 22239)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (21830)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) Ceratotherium praecox (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (21789 21793 21795 21796 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21806 21807 21808 21810 21811 21812 21813 21818 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Ceratotherium praecox (21783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chad Ceratotherium praecox (21962 22505 22506)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (21482)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Ceratotherium praecox (22238)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Ceratotherium praecox (21814 21815)