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Rhinotitan

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Synonyms
  • Protitanotherium mongoliense was named by Osborn (1923). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. 18653, a partial skeleton (right lower jaw and foot bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 23 miles South of Iren Dabasu (AMNH), which is in an Irdinmanhan terrestrial horizon in the Irdin Manha Formation of China.

    It was recombined as Rhinotitan mongoliense by Granger and Gregory (1943); it was considered a nomen dubium by Mihlbachler (2008).
  • Sivatitanops rugosidens was named by Pilgrim (1925). Its type specimen is GSI C339, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sinzwe, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Mihlbachler (2008).
  • Rhinotitan orientalis was named by Yanovskaya (1957) [The holotype consists of several fragments assigned to PIN 858 that are all from a single individual according to Yanovskaya (1957): 88, part of a left M2; 35, canine fragment; 36, canine fragment; 80–81, left m3 fragment; 82, trigonid of left molar; 78, talonid of right molar; 83, trigonid of left molar; 79, talonid of right molar; 85, fragment of right P3 or P4 and trigonid of right m1; 84, right p3, 86, right p3 trigonid; 39, part of right lower canine; 24, upper incisor; 71, lower incisor; 99, right semilunar bone.]. Its type specimen is PIN 858 and is a 3D body fossil.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Lucas (2006), Mihlbachler (2008).
  • Rhinotitan quadridens was named by Xu and Chiu (1962). Its type specimen is IVPP V2651, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lunan beds, Anren village, Lunan, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lumeiyi Formation of China.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Mihlbachler (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Protitanotherium mongoliense Osborn p. 3
1925Sivatitanops rugosidens Pilgrim
1943Rhinotitan Granger and Gregory p. 364
1943Rhinotitan mongoliense Granger and Gregory p. 364
1957Rhinotitan orientalis Yanovskaya
1962Rhinotitan quadridens Xu and Chiu
1988Rhinotitan Carroll
1989Rhinotitan Prothero and Schoch p. 537
2008Rhinotitan Mihlbachler p. 413

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
genusRhinotitan

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. †Rhinotitan Granger and Gregory 1943
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†Rhinotitan andrewsi Osborn 1925
†Rhinotitan kaiseni Osborn 1925
Invalid names: Rhinotitan mongoliensis Osborn 1923 [nomen dubium], Rhinotitan orientalis Yanovskaya 1957 [nomen dubium], Rhinotitan quadridens Xu and Chiu 1962 [nomen dubium], Sivatitanops rugosidens Pilgrim 1925 [nomen dubium]
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: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Mader 1998

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Protitanotherium mongoliense (109067)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Protitanotherium mongoliense (41120)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Protitanotherium mongoliense (42193) Protitanotherium mongoliense, R. mongoliensis (42194) R. mongoliensis (42198)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71Russian Federation R. orientalis (192038)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) R. grangeri (46193)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Yunnan) R. quadridens (36668)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar Sivatitanops rugosidens (41179 41331)