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Chilotheridium pattersoni

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Chilotheridium pattersoni was named by Hooijer (1971). Its type specimen is Loperot Skull No. 2 (70-64K, B12), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Chilotheridium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Chilotheridium pattersoni Hooijer p. 342 figs. Pl. 1-11

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyAceratheriinaeDollo 1885
genusChilotheridium
speciespattersoni

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.

Chilotheridium pattersoni Hooijer 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 23.04000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Chilotheridium pattersoni (70808)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Chilotheridium pattersoni (22077)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Chilotheridium pattersoni (21338 21339)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Kenya Chilotheridium pattersoni (219711)