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Elasmotheriina

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Elasmotheriina Bonaparte p. 1
1902Elasmotheriinae Hay p. 645
1989Elasmotheriina Prothero and Schoch p. 536
1992Elasmotheriina Cerdeno
2001Elasmotheriinae Tong
2002Elasmotheriina Antoine et al.
2003Elasmotheriinae Antoine
2010Elasmotheriina 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()
subtribeElasmotheriina()

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.

Subtr. †Elasmotheriina Bonaparte 1850
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G. †Bugtirhinus Antoine and Welcomme 2000
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Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine and Welcomme 2000
G. †Caementodon Heissig 1972
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Subg. †Caementodon (Caementodon) Heissig 1972
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G. †Diceratherium Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Diceratherium cuspidatum Troxell 1921 [synonym], Diceratherium nanum Marsh 1875 [synonym]
Diceratherium armatum Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Aceratherium truquianum Cope 1879 [synonym], Diceratherium gregorii Peterson 1920 [synonym], Diceratherium lobatum Troxell 1921 [synonym]
Diceratherium minus Ringström 1924
Diceratherium niobrarense Peterson 1906
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Invalid names: Aceratherium egregius Cook 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium petersoni Loomis 1908 [synonym], Epiaphelops virgasectus Cook 1912 [synonym]
Diceratherium niobrarensis Peterson 1906
Diceratherium persistens Osborn 1904
Diceratherium radtkei Prothero and Rasmussen 2008
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Caenopus tridactylus avus Troxell 1921
Invalid names: Diceratherium avum Wood 1927 [synonym], Diceratherium proavitum Hatcher 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Epiaphelops Cook 1912 [synonym], Metacaenopus Cook 1908 [synonym]
Tr. †Elasmotheriini Dollo 1885
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G. †Aegyrcitherium Antoine 1997
G. †Elasmotherium Fischer 1808
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Elasmotherium caucasicum Borissiak 1914
Elasmotherium sibiricum Fischer 1809
G. †Gobitherium Kretzoi 1943
Subtr. †Menoceratina Prothero et al. 1986
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G. †Menoceras Troxell 1921
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Menoceras arikarense Barbour 1906
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Invalid names: Aceratherium stigeri Loomis 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium aberrans Loomis 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium loomisi Cook 1912 [synonym], Diceratherium schiffi Loomis 1908 [synonym], Menoceras cooki Peterson 1906 [synonym]
Menoceras barbouri Wood 1964
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Invalid names: Menoceras falkenbachi Tanner 1972 [synonym], Menoceras marslandensis Tanner 1969 [synonym], Moschoedestes delahoensis Stevens et al. 1969 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moschoedestes Stevens et al. 1969 [synonym]
G. †Parelasmotherium Killgus 1923
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G. †Hispanotherium Crusafont and Villalta 1947
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Subg. †Hispanotherium (Hispanotherium) Crusafont and Villalta 1947
Hispanotherium beonense Antoine 1997
Hispanotherium corcolense Antoine et al. 2002
Hispanotherium matritense de Prado 1864
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Invalid names: Begertherium borissiaki Beliajeva 1971 [synonym], Caementodon tongxinensis Guan 1988 [synonym], Chilotherium quintanelensis Zbyszewsky 1952 [synonym], Hispanotherium alpani Sarac 1978 [synonym], Hispanotherium grimmi Heissig 1974 [synonym], Huaqingtherium qiui Guan 1993 [synonym]
Hispanotherium tungurense Cerdeño 1996
Invalid names: Begertherium [synonym], Tesselodon Yan 1979 [synonym]
G. †Huaqingtherium Huang and Yan 1983
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G. †Iranotherium Ringström 1924
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Iranotherium morgani Mecquenem 1908
G. †Kenyatherium Aguirre and Guerin 1974
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Kenyatherium bishopi Aguirre and Guérin 1974
G. †Procoelodonta Matthew 1931
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Subg. †Procoelodonta (Procoelodonta) Matthew 1931
G. †Sinotherium Ringstrom 1924
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Sinotherium lagrelii Ringström 1923
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (178 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Diceratherium sp. (17055)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Oregon) Diceratherium armatum (17070)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Diceratherium sp. (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Wyoming) Diceratherium tridactylum (17383)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Oregon) Diceratherium sp. (17313 17349)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Colorado) Diceratherium tridactylum (17426)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Aceratherium tridactylum (17343 17344) Diceratherium tridactylum (17316)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Diceratherium tridactylum (230863)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (North Dakota) Aceratherium tridactylum (17432)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Arizona) Diceratherium sp. (17308)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation Elasmotherium sp. (76530)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Ukraine (Donetsk) Elasmotherium sp. (76533)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Elasmotherium sp. (231023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) Elasmotherium peii (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Shanxi) Elasmotherium sp. (13479)
Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129China (Shanxi) Elasmotherium peii (13480)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Shanxi) Elasmotherium inexpectatum (13478)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Russian Federation (West-Sibiria) Elasmotherium sibiricum (44865) Elasmotherium sp. (44867)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkmenistan Elasmotherium sp. (40692 40695)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Turkmenistan Elasmotherium sp. (40690)