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Aralotherium sui

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Taxonomy
Paraceratherium sui was named by Ye et al. (2003). Its type specimen is IVPP V 13382, a mandible (pair of fragmentary lower jaws), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Saerduoyila (XJ 20004), which is in an Oligocene channel sandstone in the Tieersihabahe Formation of China.

It was recombined as Aralotherium sui by Qiu and Wang (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Paraceratherium sui Ye et al. p. 223
2007Aralotherium sui Qiu and Wang

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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
familyParaceratheriidaeOsborn 1923
subfamilyParaceratheriinaeOsborn 1923
genusAralotheriumBorissiak 1939
speciessui()

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.

†Aralotherium sui Ye et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available