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Rhinoceros pacificus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros pacificus was named by Leidy (1872).

It was recombined as Diceratherium pacificum by Hay (1902) and Loomis (1908); it was considered a nomen dubium by Peterson (1920), Troxell (1921) and Stock (1933); it was synonymized subjectively with Diceratherium armatum by Fremd (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Rhinoceros pacificus Leidy p. 248
1873Rhinoceros pacificus Leidy p. 220
1902Diceratherium pacificum Hay p. 644
1908Diceratherium pacificum Loomis

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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
genusRhinoceros
speciespacificus

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.

Rhinoceros pacificus Leidy 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available