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Acerorhinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Acerorhinus Kretzoi
1989Acerorhinus Prothero and Schoch p. 535
2001Acerorhinus Kaya and Heissig p. 462
2005Acerorhinus Antoine and Saraç p. 619
2009Acerorhinus Deng and Qi
2014Acerorhinus Athanassiou 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
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyAceratheriinaeDollo 1885
genusAcerorhinusKretzoi 1942

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.

G. †Acerorhinus Kretzoi 1942
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Acerorhinus fuguensis Deng 2000
Acerorhinus lufengensis Deng and Qi 2009
Acerorhinus neleus Athanassiou et al. 2014
Acerorhinus palaeosinensis Ringström 1924
Acerorhinus tsaidamensis Bohlin 1937
Acerorhinus zernowi Borissiak 1914
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the MN 12 or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Jiangsu) Diceratherium sp. (42249)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) A. sp. (199755)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Ningxia) A. tsaidamensis (42261)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Gansu) A. sp. (42257)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) Chilotherium gracile (42254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Rhinocerotidae indet. (195435)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) A. sp. (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Acerotherium sp. (182754)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Turkey (Thrace) A. zernowi (67661)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) A. sp. (78323)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria A. sp. (208566 208567 208568)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Turkey (Anatolia) A. sp. (60534)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) A. palaeosinense (78328)