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Bugtirhinus praecursor

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Bugtirhinus praecursor was named by Antoine and Welcomme (2000). Its type specimen is M 15361 (in NHM London), a set of teeth, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dera Bugti Level 4, which is in a MN 3 terrestrial sandstone in Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine and Welcomme pp. 798-811 figs. 3, pls.1-2
2002Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine et al.
2003Bugtirhinus praecursor Guérin and Pickford p. 31
2010Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine et al.
2013Bugtirhinus praecursor Lu

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subtribeElasmotheriina()
genusBugtirhinus
speciespraecursor

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.

†Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine and Welcomme 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available