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Coelodonta antiquitatis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros antiquitatis was named by Blumenbach (1799).

It was recombined as Coelodonta antiquitatis by Loose (1975) and Deng et al. (2011).

Synonyms
  • Rhinoceros tichorhinus was named by Cuvier (1822) [date given by Owen 1846; also said to be 1812]. It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Coelodonta antiquitatis by Loose (1975).
  • Coelodonta boiei was named by Bronn (1831).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Coelodonta antiquitatis by Loose (1975).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Rhinoceros tichorhinus Cuvier p. 46
1831Coelodonta boiei Bronn
1846Rhinoceros tichorhinus Owen p. 325
1876Rhinoceros tichorhinus Lydekker
1975Coelodonta antiquitatis Loose
2011Coelodonta antiquitatis Deng et al. p. 1287

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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
genusCoelodontaBronn 1831
speciesantiquitatis(Blumenbach 1799)

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.

†Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799
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Invalid names: Coelodonta boiei Bronn 1831 [synonym], Rhinoceros tichorhinus Cuvier 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available