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Ceratotherium (white rhino)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Ceratotherium Gray
1975Ceratotherium Loose
1988Ceratotherium Carroll
1989Ceratotherium Prothero and Schoch p. 536
2003Ceratotherium Theodorou et al.
2005Ceratotherium Antoine and Saraç p. 603
2011Ceratotherium Deng et al. p. 1287
2017Ceratotherium Böhme et al.
2017Ceratotherium Geraads
2018Ceratotherium Tsoukala

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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
tribeRhinocerotini
genusCeratotheriumGray 1868

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. Ceratotherium Gray 1868 [white rhino]
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Ceratotherium cottoni Lydekker 1908 [northern white rhinoceros]
Ceratotherium neumayri Osborn 1900
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Invalid names: Diceros pachygnathus Guéran 1980 [synonym]
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 [white rhinoceros]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available