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Pleuroceros

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Pleuroceros was named by Roger (1898). It is not extant. Its type is Rhinoceros pleuroceros.

It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Menoceratinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pleuroceros Roger
1988Pleuroceros Carroll
1989Pleuroceros Prothero and Schoch p. 535
2010Pleuroceros Antoine 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
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusPleurocerosRoger 1898

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. †Pleuroceros Roger 1898
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Pleuroceros asphaltense Depéret and Douxami 1902
Pleuroceros blanfordi Lydekker 1884
Pleuroceros pleuroceros Duvernoy 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available