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Coelodonta antiquitatis

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros antiquitatis was named by Blumenbach (1799).

It was recombined as Coelodonta antiquitatis by Loose (1975), Deng et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. platyrhinus

Synonyms
  • Rhinoceros tichorhinus was named by Cuvier (1822) [date given by Owen 1846; also said to be 1812]. It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Coelodonta antiquitatis by Loose (1975).
  • Coelodonta boiei was named by Bronn (1831).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Coelodonta antiquitatis by Loose (1975).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Rhinoceros tichorhinus Cuvier p. 46
1831Coelodonta boiei Bronn
1844Rhinoceros tichorhinus Owen p. 220
1846Rhinoceros tichorhinus Owen p. 325
1876Rhinoceros tichorhinus Lydekker
1975Coelodonta antiquitatis Loose
2011Coelodonta antiquitatis Deng et al. p. 1287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusCoelodontaBronn 1831
speciesantiquitatis(Blumenbach 1799)

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.

†Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799
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Invalid names: Coelodonta boiei Bronn 1831 [synonym], Rhinoceros tichorhinus Cuvier 1822 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.774Netherlands Coelodonta antiquitatis (189573)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774China (Hebei) Rhinoceros tichorhinus (231023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands Coelodonta antiquitatis (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Coelodonta antiquitatis (45063 45068 45069 45072)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China Coelodonta antiquitatis (51471)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Coelodonta antiquitatis (124957)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Coelodonta antiquitatis (163747 163748 163749 163750)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Coelodonta antiquitatis (50257)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Coelodonta antiquitatis (50247)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Coelodonta antiquitatis (43017)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Coelodonta antiquitatis (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Nei Mongol) Coelodonta antiquitatis (35928 35965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Rhinoceros tichorhinus (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Coelodonta antiquitatis (48587)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Coelodonta antiquitatis (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belgium Coelodonta antiquitatis (140370)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Coelodonta antiquitatis (82530)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Coelodonta antiquitatis (43015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Drama) Coelodonta antiquitatis (204391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0North Atlantic Rhinoceros tichorhinus (102954)