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Epiaceratherium

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy

Epiaceratherium was named by Borissiak (1915).

It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Radinsky (1966), Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Rhinocerotinae by Böhme et al. (2013).

Species

E. bolcense, E. itjilik, E. magnum, E. naduongense

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1915	Epiaceratherium Borissiak
1966	Epiaceratherium Radinsky p. 637
1989	Epiaceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535
2013	Epiaceratherium Böhme et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
superorder	Perissodactylamorpha
order	Perissodactyla	()
—	Tapiromorpha	(Haeckel 1873)
—	Ceratomorpha	(Wood 1937)
superfamily	Rhinocerotoidea
family	Rhinocerotidae
subfamily	Rhinocerotinae
genus	Epiaceratherium	Borissiak 1915

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. †Epiaceratherium Borissiak 1915

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†Epiaceratherium bolcense Abel 1910

Epiaceratherium itjilik Fraser et al. 2025

†Epiaceratherium magnum Uhlig 1999

†Epiaceratherium naduongense Böhme et al. 2013

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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 41.03000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.03 - 33.9	Vietnam (Lang Son)	E. naduongense (169420)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Pakistan (Balochistan)	E. magnum (78520)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Italy (Vicenza)	E. bolcense (84793)
MP 22	33.9 - 27.3	Germany	E. magnum (46097)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft)	E. magnum (182622)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Kazakhstan	E. sp. (74003)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Canada (Nunavut)	E. itjilik (275656)