Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Synonyms: Epiaphelops Cook 1912, Metacaenopus Cook 1908
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1875. Notice of new Tertiary mammals, IV. American Journal of Science, series 3 9(51):239-250
Parent taxon: Elasmotheriinae according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2010
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cook 1908, Cook 1912, Coombs and Coombs 1997, Cope 1881, Hay 1902, Lofgren et al. 2020, Loomis 1908, Peterson 1920, Prothero 1998, Prothero 2005, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Scott 1913, Tong 2001, Troxell 1921, Weidmann and Ginsburg 1999, Wood 1927 and Wood 1960
Sister taxa: Bugtirhinus, Caementodon, Elasmotheriini, Hispanotherium, Huaqingtherium, Iranotherium, Kenyatherium, Procoelodonta, Sinotherium
Subtaxa: Diceratherium annectens Diceratherium armatum Diceratherium matutinum Diceratherium minus Diceratherium niobrarense Diceratherium niobrarensis Diceratherium persistens Diceratherium radtkei Diceratherium tridactylum Diceratherium truquianum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), China (3), France (2), Portugal (3), Switzerland (1), United States (9: Arizona, Idaho, Nebraska, New Jersey, Texas)
• Harrisonian of United States (16: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (18: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (31: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 88 collections including 103 occurrences
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