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Elasmotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Elasmotherium Fischer
1825Elasmotherium Gray p. 342
1848Elasmotherium Owen p. 139
1988Elasmotherium Carroll
1989Elasmotherium Prothero and Schoch p. 536
2001Elasmotherium Tong
2002Elasmotherium Antoine et al.
2003Elasmotherium Deng p. 142

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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()
tribeElasmotheriiniDollo 1885
genusElasmotheriumFischer 1808

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. †Elasmotherium Fischer 1808
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Elasmotherium caucasicum Borissiak 1914
Elasmotherium sibiricum Fischer 1809
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:08:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') E. caucasicum (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uzbekistan E. sp. (34443)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Ukraine (Donetsk) E. sp. (76533)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation E. sp. (76530)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) E. sp. (231023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Shanxi) E. sp. (13479)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) E. peii (197069)
Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129China (Shanxi) E. peii (13480)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Shanxi) E. inexpectatum (13478)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Russian Federation (West-Sibiria) E. sibiricum (44865) E. sp. (44867)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkmenistan E. sp. (40692 40695)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Turkmenistan E. sp. (40690)