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Rhinoceros deccanensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros deccanensis was named by Foote (1874). It is not extant. Its type locality is 2/3mi SSE of Chigadolli, Gokak, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial claystone in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. aurelianensis, R. pachygnathus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Rhinoceros deccanensis Foote
1876Rhinoceros deccanensis Lydekker

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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
genusRhinoceros
speciesdeccanensis

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.

†Rhinoceros deccanensis Foote 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:10:07
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:10:41
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India Rhinoceros deccanensis (238017)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Karnataka) Rhinoceros deccanensis (type locality: 232127)