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Aprotodon lanzhouensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aprotodon lanzhouensis was named by Qiu and Xie (1997). Its type specimen is GVL 8801, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duitinggou Village, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in the Xianshuihe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Aprotodon lanzhouensis Qiu and Xie
2004Aprotodon lanzhouensis Qiu et al. p. 285

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
subtribeTeleoceratina(Hay 1902)
genusAprotodonForster-Cooper 1915
specieslanzhouensis

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.

Aprotodon lanzhouensis Qiu and Xie 1997
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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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Aprotodon lanzhouensis (174913)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) Aprotodon lanzhouensis (175349)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) Aprotodon lanzhouensis (71433)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Gansu) Aprotodon lanzhouensis (type locality: 175341 175342 175343 175344 175345 175346 175347 175348)