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Turpanotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Taxonomy
Turpanotherium was named by Qiu and Wang (2007). Its type is Turpanotherium elegans.

It was assigned to Paraceratheriinae by Qiu and Wang (2007).

Species
T. elegans (type species), T. yagouense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Turpanotherium 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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyParaceratheriidaeOsborn 1923
subfamilyParaceratheriinaeOsborn 1923
genusTurpanotherium

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.

G. †Turpanotherium Qiu and Wang 2007
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†Turpanotherium elegans Qiu and Wang 2007
†Turpanotherium yagouense Qiu et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:12
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:12
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) T. sp. (175386)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Xinjiang) T. elegans (182888 182889 182890)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) Paraceratherium yagouense (71433)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Gansu) T. elegans (175341 175342)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Ningxia) T. sp. (182886)