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Plesiaceratherium
Taxonomy
Plesiaceratherium was named by Young (1937). Its type is Plesiaceratherium gracile.
It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Aceratheriini by Antoine et al. (2000) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010); and to Aceratheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Tong (2001) and Lu et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Aceratheriini by Antoine et al. (2000) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010); and to Aceratheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Tong (2001) and Lu et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1937 | Plesiaceratherium Young |
1988 | Plesiaceratherium Carroll |
1989 | Plesiaceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535 |
2000 | Plesiaceratherium Antoine et al. p. 250 |
2001 | Plesiaceratherium Sach and Heizmann p. 30 |
2001 | Plesiaceratherium Tong |
2010 | Plesiaceratherium Antoine et al. |
2016 | Plesiaceratherium Lu et al. |
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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.
G. †Plesiaceratherium Young 1937
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†Plesiaceratherium fahlbuschi Heissig 1972
†Plesiaceratherium gracile Young 1937
†Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983
†Plesiaceratherium platyodon Mermier 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available