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Mesatirhinus megarhinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosyops megarhinus was named by Earle (1891). Its type specimen is PU 10008 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Telmatherium megarhinum by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Mesatirhinus junius by Mihlbachler (2008); it was recombined as Mesatirhinus megarhinus by Osborn (1908), Riggs (1912), Peterson (1924), Osborn (1929), Mader (1989), Mader (1998) and Mader (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Palaeosyops megarhinus Earle pp. 45-47
1902Telmatherium megarhinum Hay p. 632
1908Mesatirhinus megarhinus Osborn
1908Mesatirhinus petersoni Osborn
1912Mesatirhinus megarhinus Riggs
1924Mesatirhinus megarhinus Peterson
1929Mesatirhinus megarhinus Osborn
1989Mesatirhinus megarhinus Mader
1998Mesatirhinus megarhinus Mader
2008Mesatirhinus megarhinus Mader p. 8

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeDolichorhinini()
genusMesatirhinus
speciesmegarhinus()

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.

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Invalid names: Mesatirhinus petersoni Osborn 1908 [synonym]
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: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Mesatirhinus megarhinus (16420) Mesatirhinus petersoni (16200 16404)