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Rhinoceros platyrhinus
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros platyrhinus was named by Falconer and Cautley (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sewalik Hills [GENERAL], which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in India.
It was recombined as Punjabitherium platyrhinus by Khan (1971).
It was recombined as Punjabitherium platyrhinus by Khan (1971).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1847 | Rhinoceros platyrhinus Falconer and Cautley |
1876 | Rhinoceros platyrhinus Lydekker |
1971 | Punjabitherium platyrhinus Khan |
2016 | Rhinoceros platyrhinus Pandolfi and Maiorino |
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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.
†Rhinoceros platyrhinus Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene | India (Punjab) | Rhinoceros platyrhinus (type locality: 203109) |