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Stephanorhinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Stephanorhinus Kretzoi p. 348
1988Stephanorhinus Carroll
1989Stephanorhinus Prothero and Schoch p. 536
1992Stephanorhinus Cerdeno
1995Stephanorhinus Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 246
2005Stephanorhinus Antoine and Saraç p. 615
2006Stephanorhinus Symeonidis et al.
2011Stephanorhinus Deng et al. p. 1287

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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
tribeRhinocerotini
genusStephanorhinusKretzoi 1942

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. †Stephanorhinus Kretzoi 1942
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†Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
†Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868
†Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972
†Stephanorhinus miguelcrusafonti Guerin and Santafe 1978
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Invalid names: Rhinoceros schleiermacheri orientalis Schlosser 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhinoceros schleiermacheri samius Toula 1906 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 9.70000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (211 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) S. orientalis (78313 78323 78324)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Turkey (Anatolia) S. pikermiensis (60534)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) S. orientalis (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) S. megarhinus (144566)
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.781Netherlands S. sp. (189573)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova S. megarhinus (198590)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Guadix) S. jeanvireti (186699)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bulgaria (Yambol) S. megarhinus (184410)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) S. jeanvireti (45497)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Dicerorhinus orientalis (40394)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France Dicerorhinus etruscus (42673)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Rhinoceros mercki (191727 191728)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Dicerorhinus etruscus (197163)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Leiria) Dicerorhinus hemitoechus (230380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) S. hemitoechus (221412 221414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Dicerorhinus hemitoechus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) S. sp. (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Dicerorhinus hemitoechus (93828 96782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Rhinoceros mercki (191724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Thessalia) S. hemitoechus (204397)