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Rhinoceros palaeindicus
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros palaeindicus 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.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1847 | Rhinoceros palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley |
1876 | Rhinoceros palaeindicus Lydekker |
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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 palaeindicus 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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene | Pakistan | Rhinoceros palaeindicus (232183) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | India (Panjab) | Rhinoceros palaeindicus (51106) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | India | Rhinoceros palaeindicus (39209 39210) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene | India (Punjab) | Rhinoceros palaeindicus (type locality: 203109) |