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Protaceratherium minutum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Diceratherium minutum was named by Osborn (1900).

It was recombined as Protaceratherium minutum by Abel (1910), Cerdeno (1992), Antoine et al. (2002), Antoine et al. (2010), Lu (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Diceratherium minutum Osborn
1910Protaceratherium minutum Abel
1992Protaceratherium minutum Cerdeno
2002Protaceratherium minutum Antoine et al.
2010Protaceratherium minutum Antoine et al.
2013Protaceratherium minutum Lu

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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
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusProtaceratherium(Abel 1910)
speciesminutum(Osborn 1900)

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.

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

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Protaceratherium minutum (187576)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Maine-et-Loire) Protaceratherium minutum (48069)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Protaceratherium minutum (148399)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France Protaceratherium minutum (187579)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98France Protaceratherium minutum (142146)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Protaceratherium minutum (90354)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Protaceratherium minutum (142149)