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Pleuroceros pleuroceros

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros pleuroceros was named by Duvernoy (1853). It is the type species of Pleuroceros.

It was recombined as Pleuroceros pleuroceros by Wood (1929) and Antoine et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Rhinoceros pleuroceros Duvernoy
1929Pleuroceros pleuroceros Wood p. 73
2010Pleuroceros pleuroceros Antoine et al.

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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
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusPleurocerosRoger 1898
speciespleuroceros(Duvernoy 1853)

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.

†Pleuroceros pleuroceros Duvernoy 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available