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Bugtirhinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Bugtirhinus Antoine and Welcomme pp. 798-811
2002Bugtirhinus Antoine et al.
2003Bugtirhinus Guérin and Pickford p. 31
2010Bugtirhinus Antoine et al.

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

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.

G. †Bugtirhinus Antoine and Welcomme 2000
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Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine and Welcomme 2000
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P.-O. Antoine and J.-L. Welcomme 2000Slender rhinocerotid with semi-circular I1/ in cross-section, cement ®lling up the cheek teeth, partially fused roots on upper cheek teeth, strong lingual wall on P2-4/, transverse metaloph on P2/, short metaloph on M1/ and especially M2, trefoil-shaped protoloph on M3/, without labial cingulum on lower cheek teeth, with strong mesostyle on upper deciduous teeth, posterior contact between scaphoid and semilunate, oblique ®bular facet on astragalus, high and narrow Tuber calcanei, rectangular navicular in vertical view, sigmoid upper border on MtIII, continuous pad-shaped posterior tuberosity on MtIV.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:08:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: MN 3 or 20.00000 to 16.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) Caementodon oettingenae (77779)