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Dolichorhinini
Taxonomy
Dolichorhinae was named by Riggs (1912). It was considered paraphyletic by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was reranked as the tribe Dolichorhinini by Mihlbachler (2008); it was corrected as Dolichorhininae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Mader (2008).
It was assigned to Brontotheridae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Mader (1998); to Brontotheriidae by Mader (2008); and to Brontotheriinae by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was reranked as the tribe Dolichorhinini by Mihlbachler (2008); it was corrected as Dolichorhininae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Mader (2008).
It was assigned to Brontotheridae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Mader (1998); to Brontotheriidae by Mader (2008); and to Brontotheriinae by Mihlbachler (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Dolichorhinae Riggs p. 25 |
| 1929 | Rhadinorhininae Osborn p. 63 |
| 1989 | Dolichorhininae Prothero and Schoch p. 536 |
| 1998 | Dolichorhinae Mader p. 530 |
| 2008 | Dolichorhininae Mader p. 7 |
| 2008 | Dolichorhinini Mihlbachler p. 409 |
| 2008 | Rhadinorhinina Mihlbachler p. 410 |
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Tr. †Dolichorhinini Riggs 1912
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G. †Sphenocoelus Osborn 1895
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†Sphenocoelus hyognathus Osborn 1889
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Invalid names: Dolichorhinus longiceps Douglass 1909 [synonym], Sphenocoelus cornutum Osborn 1895 [synonym]
†Sphenocoelus intermedius Osborn 1908
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Invalid names: Dolichorhinus fluminalis Riggs 1912 [synonym], Dolichorhinus heterodon Douglass 1909 [synonym], Mesatirhinus superior Riggs 1912 [synonym]
†Sphenocoelus uintensis Osborn 1895
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Invalid names: Sphenocoelus blairi Cook 1926 [synonym], Sphenocoelus bridgeri Cook 1926 [synonym], Sphenocoelus harundivoras Cook 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dolichorhinoides Granger and Gregory 1943 [synonym], Dolichorhinus Hatcher 1895 [synonym], Tanyorhinus Cook 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhadinorhininae Osborn 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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| B. J. Mader 2008 | Brontotheres distinguished from all others by the presence of a suborbital protuberance (= infraor- bital process). There is a tendency among all members of the subfamily to have relatively elongated molars. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Mader 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Mesatirhinus megarhinus (16420) Mesatirhinus petersoni (16200 16404) Mesatirhinus sp. (16502 16647) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Colorado) | Mesatirhinus junius, Sphenocoelus uintensis (16623) | |
| Uintan | USA (Utah) | Dolichorhinus cornutum (16646) Dolichorhinus fluminalis (16548) Dolichorhinus longiceps (16655) Dolichorhinus sp. (16659) Mesatirhinus superior, Dolichorhinus longiceps (16656) | |
| Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Sphenocoelus uintensis, Dolichorhinus sp. (16648) |