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Diceratherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Diceratherium Marsh
1881Diceratherium Cope p. 393
1902Diceratherium Hay p. 644
1908Metacaenopus Cook
1912Epiaphelops Cook
1913Diceratherium Scott p. 291
1921Metacaenopus Troxell
1960Diceratherium Wood p. 100
1988Diceratherium Carroll
1989Diceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1998Diceratherium Prothero p. 599
1999Diceratherium Weidmann and Ginsburg p. 222
2001Diceratherium Sach and Heizmann p. 30
2001Diceratherium Tong
2005Diceratherium Prothero pp. 47-48
2010Diceratherium Antoine et al.
2020Diceratherium Lofgren et al.

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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
subtribeElasmotheriina()
genusDiceratherium

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. †Diceratherium Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Diceratherium cuspidatum Troxell 1921 [synonym], Diceratherium nanum Marsh 1875 [synonym]
Diceratherium armatum Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Aceratherium truquianum Cope 1879 [synonym], Diceratherium gregorii Peterson 1920 [synonym], Diceratherium lobatum Troxell 1921 [synonym]
Diceratherium minus Ringström 1924
Diceratherium niobrarense Peterson 1906
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Invalid names: Aceratherium egregius Cook 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium petersoni Loomis 1908 [synonym], Epiaphelops virgasectus Cook 1912 [synonym]
Diceratherium niobrarensis Peterson 1906
Diceratherium persistens Osborn 1904
Diceratherium radtkei Prothero and Rasmussen 2008
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Caenopus tridactylus avus Troxell 1921
Invalid names: Diceratherium avum Wood 1927 [synonym], Diceratherium proavitum Hatcher 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Epiaphelops Cook 1912 [synonym], Metacaenopus Cook 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available