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Prosantorhinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Prosantorhinus was named by Heissig (1973).

It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Teleoceratini by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Cerdeno (1992), Antoine et al. (2000) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); and to Teleoceratina by Antoine et al. (2010).

Species
P. douvillei, P. germanicus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. dowillei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Prosantorhinus Heissig
1988Prosantorhinus Carroll
1989Prosantorhinus Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1992Prosantorhinus Cerdeno
2000Prosantorhinus Antoine et al. p. 251
2001Prosantorhinus Sach and Heizmann p. 30
2010Prosantorhinus 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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—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
subtribeTeleoceratina(Hay 1902)
genusProsantorhinusHeissig 1973

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. †Prosantorhinus Heissig 1973
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†Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Langhian or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. douvillei, P. germanicus (49102) P. sp., P. douvillei (69098)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. germanicus (106003)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. douvillei, P. germanicus (187580)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France P. dowillei (94801) P. germanicus (191826)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. douvillei (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) P. germanicus (69106)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) P. douvillei (148396)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France P. douvillei (90354 148401)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany P. sp. (46955)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) P. douvillei, P. germanicus (142149)