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Urtinotherium parvum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Taxonomy
Indricotherium parvum was named by Chow (1958). 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 recombined as Urtinotherium parvum by Qiu and Wang (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Indricotherium parvum Chow
1978Indricotherium qujingensis Tang p. 76–77 figs. Pl. 9:1–3
2007Urtinotherium parvum 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
speciesparvum()

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.

Urtinotherium parvum Chow 1958
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Invalid names: Indricotherium qujingensis Tang 1978 [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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) Indricotherium parvum (type locality: 36668)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Indricotherium qujingensis (182882)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Indricotherium parvum (174716)