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Rhynchotherium
Taxonomy
Rhynchotherium was named by Falconer (1868).
It was assigned to Rhynchotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Rhynchotheriinae by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Gomphotheriidae by Falconer (1868), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Corona-M and Alberdi (2006), Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Rhynchotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Rhynchotheriinae by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Gomphotheriidae by Falconer (1868), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Corona-M and Alberdi (2006), Albright et al. (2019).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2023-10-17
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Rhynchotherium Falconer |
| 1884 | Dibelodon Cope |
| 1889 | Dibelodon Cope p. 193 |
| 1926 | Rhynchotherium (Dibelodon) Frick p. 170 |
| 1933 | Blickotherium Frick |
| 1933 | Aybelodon Frick p. 523 |
| 1933 | Blickotherium Frick p. 529 |
| 1933 | Aybelodon Frick p. 532 |
| 1980 | Rhynchotherium Kurten and Anderson p. 346 |
| 1988 | Rhynchotherium Carroll |
| 1996 | Rhynchotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Rhynchotherium McKenna and Bell p. 502 |
| 1998 | Rhynchotherium Lambert and Shoshani p. 612 |
| 2005 | Rhynchotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2006 | Rhynchotherium Corona-M and Alberdi p. 359 |
| 2019 | Rhynchotherium Albright et al. p. 193 |
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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. †Rhynchotherium Falconer 1868
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†Rhynchotherium anguirvale Osborn 1926
†Rhynchotherium blicki Frick 1933
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Invalid names: Rhynchotherium tlascalae Falconer 1868 [synonym], Trilophodon edensis Frick 1921 [synonym]
†Rhynchotherium euhyphodon Cope 1884
†Rhynchotherium falconeri Osborn 1923
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Invalid names: Rhynchotherium browni Osborn 1936 [synonym]
†Rhynchotherium francisi Hay 1926
†Rhynchotherium praecursor Cope 1893
†Rhynchotherium simpsoni Olsen 1957
Invalid names: Aybelodon Frick 1933 [synonym], Blickotherium Frick 1933 [synonym], Dibelodon Cope 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | Honduras | Blickotherium blicki (18751) R. blicki (18741) | |
| Miocene | USA (Nevada) | R. sp. (18858 18863) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | El Salvador | R. blicki (18720) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Guatemala | R. blicki (18716) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Mexico (Guerrero) | R. sp. (71139) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | R. sp. (18718) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | R. edensis (19034) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | R. sp. (18097) | |
| Hemphillian | Honduras | Aybelodon hondurensis, Blickotherium blicki (18750) Blickotherium blicki (18739) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Nayarit) | R. sp. (212338 212339) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Jalisco) | R. falconeri (189788 189790) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | R. sp. (18093 18110) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | Cuvieronius edensis (19604) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | R. sp. (18713 18737 18740) | |
| Messinian | Costa Rica (Puntarenas) | R. blicki (144596) | |
| Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | R. falconeri (77593) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | R. falconeri (20075) R. praecursor (19673) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Guanajuato) | R. sp. (70113 70116) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | R. sp. (19929) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Mastodontidae indet. (20024) | |
| Blancan | USA (Arizona) | R. falconeri (19619) R. sp. (19651 19657) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Michoacan) | R. praecursor (20072) | |
| Blancan | USA (New Mexico) | R. falconeri (19969) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | Mexico (Jalisco) | R. sp. (20078) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | R. sp. (19758) |