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Protaceratherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Protoaceratherium Abel p. 10
1988Protoaceratherium Carroll
1989Protaceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1992Protaceratherium Cerdeno
2010Protaceratherium 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
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusProtaceratherium(Abel 1910)

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. †Protaceratherium Abel 1910
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†Protaceratherium minutum Osborn 1900
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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 24 to the top of the Langhian or 33.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2433.9 - 27.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) P. albigense (182658)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) P. albigense (178156)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France P. minutum (187576)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Aix-en-Provence) P. albigense (183347)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Türkiye (Anatolia) P. albigense (182500)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) P. albigense (182687)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) P. albigense (181656)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan P. sp. (64413)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Pakistan (Baluchistan) P. sp. (180583)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Maine-et-Loire) P. minutum (48069)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France P. minutum (148399)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France P. minutum (187579)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) P. sp. (77779)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.98Switzerland (Zürich) P. sp. (46266)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98France P. minutum (142146)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France P. minutum (90354)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) P. minutum (142149)