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Epiaceratherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Epiaceratherium was named by Borissiak (1915).

It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Radinsky (1966) and Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Rhinocerotinae by Böhme et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Epiaceratherium Borissiak
1966Epiaceratherium Radinsky p. 637
1989Epiaceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535
2013Epiaceratherium Böhme 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
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusEpiaceratheriumBorissiak 1915

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. †Epiaceratherium Borissiak 1915
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Epiaceratherium magnum Uhlig 1999
Epiaceratherium naduongense Böhme et al. 2013
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.30000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Vietnam (Lang Son) E. naduongense (169420)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) E. magnum (78520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) E. bolcense (84793)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany E. magnum (46097)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) E. magnum (182622)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan E. sp. (74003)