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Menoceratina

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Menoceratinae was named by Prothero et al. (1986).

It was reranked as the subtribe Menoceratina by Antoine et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Cerdeno (1992), Prothero (1998) and Prothero (2005); and to Elasmotheriini by Antoine et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Menoceratinae Prothero et al.
1989Menoceratinae Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1992Menoceratinae Cerdeno
1998Menoceratinae Prothero p. 600
2005Menoceratinae Prothero
2010Menoceratina 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
subtribeElasmotheriina()
tribeElasmotheriiniDollo 1885
subtribeMenoceratina(Prothero et al. 1986)
subtribeMenoceratina(Prothero et al. 1986)

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.

Subtr. †Menoceratina Prothero et al. 1986
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G. †Menoceras Troxell 1921
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†Menoceras arikarense Barbour 1906
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Invalid names: Aceratherium stigeri Loomis 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium aberrans Loomis 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium loomisi Cook 1912 [synonym], Diceratherium schiffi Loomis 1908 [synonym], Menoceras cooki Peterson 1906 [synonym]
†Menoceras barbouri Wood 1964
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Invalid names: Menoceras falkenbachi Tanner 1972 [synonym], Menoceras marslandensis Tanner 1969 [synonym], Moschoedestes delahoensis Stevens et al. 1969 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moschoedestes Stevens et al. 1969 [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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:08:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Harrisonian or 23.03000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Menoceras cooki (17472 17667)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Menoceras arikarense (17793 17833 17835 17840 17854) Menoceras sp. (17788 17796)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Texas) Moschoedestes delahoensis (17770 17771)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Diceratherium arikarense, Diceratherium cooki, Diceratherium loomisi (17741) Diceratherium cooki (17818) Diceratherium petersoni (17778) Menoceras arikarense, Menoceras barbouri (17805) Menoceras sp. (17789 17819 28043) Rhinocerotidae indet. (17845)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Florida) Menoceras cooki (18557)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (California) Menoceras sp. (19485)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Mexico (Aguascalientes) Aphelops sp. (18756)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) Menoceratinae indet. (18507)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Mexico) Menoceras marslandense (19562)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Wyoming) Menoceras arikarense (18407)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Menoceras barbouri (18679)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Menoceras barbouri (167840 167841)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) Menoceras barbouri (19188 19388)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Menoceras cooki (17910)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Menoceras barbouri (17881 17891 17898 17978 17989 18005) Menoceras marslandense (17927) Menoceras marslandensis (17949)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Menoceras barbouri (18694 18711)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama (Panama City) Menoceras barbouri (144879)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Diceratherium sp. (18725)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Diceratherium barbouri (18597) Rhinocerotidae indet. (18586)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Menoceras barbouri (18635) Rhinocerotidae indet. (18626)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Menoceras barbouri (17965)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Menoceras falkenbachi (19358) Menoceras sp. (19233)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Menoceras sp. (17953 17994)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Menoceras barbouri (17912)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Menoceras barbouri (17896 17982)