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Urtinotherium intermedium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Taxonomy
Indricotherium intermedium was named by Chiu (1962). Its type specimen is IVPP V 2643, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shizong (= Loping) general area, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in China.

It was recombined as Urtinotherium intermedium by Qiu and Wang (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Indricotherium intermedium Chiu
1963Urtinotherium incisivum Chow and Chiu
1989Dzungariotherium erdenensis Qi
2007Urtinotherium intermedium Qiu and Wang

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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
familyParaceratheriidaeOsborn 1923
subfamilyParaceratheriinaeOsborn 1923
genusUrtinotherium
speciesintermedium()

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.

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Invalid names: Dzungariotherium erdenensis Qi 1989 [synonym], Urtinotherium incisivum Chow and Chiu 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:12
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:12
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arshantan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Urtinotherium intermedium (72184)
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Urtinotherium intermedium (72183)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Urtinotherium incisivum (28789)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Indricotherium intermedium (182894) Indricotherium sp. (182892)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Dzungariotherium erdenensis (176018)
Ulangochuian37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Urtinotherium intermedium (73810)