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Rhynchotherium blicki
Taxonomy
Blickotherium blicki was named by Frick (1933) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tepusuna Hill, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Gracias Formation of Honduras. It is the type species of Blickotherium.
It was recombined as Gomphotherium blicki by Tobien (1973); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium blicki by Webb and Tessman (1968), Webb and Perrigo (1984), Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998).
It was recombined as Gomphotherium blicki by Tobien (1973); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium blicki by Webb and Tessman (1968), Webb and Perrigo (1984), Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1868 | Rhynchotherium tlascalae Falconer |
1933 | Rhynchotherium tlascalae Frick p. 525 |
1933 | Blickotherium blicki Frick p. 529 |
1968 | Rhynchotherium blicki Webb and Tessman |
1973 | Gomphotherium blicki Tobien |
1984 | Rhynchotherium blicki Webb and Perrigo |
1990 | Rhynchotherium tlascalae Miller |
1996 | Rhynchotherium blicki Shoshani and Tassy |
1998 | Rhynchotherium blicki Lambert and Shoshani |
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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.
†Rhynchotherium blicki Frick 1933
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Invalid names: Rhynchotherium tlascalae Falconer 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 10.30000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene | Honduras | Blickotherium blicki (18751) Rhynchotherium blicki (18741) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | El Salvador | Rhynchotherium blicki (18720) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Guatemala | Rhynchotherium blicki (18716) | |
Hemphillian | Costa Rica (Puntarenas) | Rhynchotherium blicki (144596) | |
Hemphillian | Honduras | Blickotherium blicki (18739 type locality: 18750) |