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Aceratheriini

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aceratheriini was named by Dollo (1885). It was considered monophyletic by Pandolfi (2015).

It was reranked as the subtribe Aceratheriina by Antoine et al. (2003).

It was assigned to Aceratheriinae by Antoine et al. (2000), Kaya and Heissig (2001) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); to Rhinocerotini by Antoine et al. (2003); to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010); and to Rhinocerotidae by Pandolfi (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Aceratheriini Dollo
2000Aceratheriini Antoine et al. p. 250
2001Aceratherini Kaya and Heissig p. 458
2001Aceratheriini Sach and Heizmann p. 30
2003Aceratheriina Antoine et al.
2010Aceratheriini Antoine et al.
2015Aceratheriini Pandolfi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
tribeAceratheriiniDollo 1885
tribeAceratheriiniDollo 1885

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.

Tr. †Aceratheriini Dollo 1885
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G. †Aceratherium Kaup 1834
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Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824
Aceratherium perimense Falconer and Cautley 1847
Invalid names: Aceratherium persistens Osborn 1904 [nomen dubium]
G. †Alicornops Ginsburg and Guerin 1979
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Alicornops alfambrense Cerdeño and Alcalá 1989
Alicornops complanatum Heissig 1972
Alicornops simmorense Lartet 1851
G. †Chilotherium Ringström 1924
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Chilotherium anderssoni Ringström 1924
Chilotherium haberi Ringström 1924
Chilotherium intermedium Heissig 1972
Chilotherium kiliasi Geraads and Koufos 1990
Chilotherium wimani Ringström 1924
G. †Persiatherium Pandolfi 2015
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Persiatherium rodleri Pandolfi 2015
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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Ruscinian or 30.80000 to 3.20000 Ma

Collections (127 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Aceratherium sp. (174759)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Antwerpen) Aceratherium albigense (52047)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Oregon) Aceratherium pacificum (180202)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan Aceratherium aralense (64413 74900)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia Aceratherium pauliacense (181062)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Georgia Aceratherium sp. (182744)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Aceratherium acutirostratum (70808)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Aceratherium incisivum (201497)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Mongolia Chilotherium sp. (34487)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Ukraine Aceratherium sp. (184130)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) Chilotherium samium (205353)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Turkey (Anatolia) Chilotherium sp. (60534)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Aceratherium incisivum (167995)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) Chilotherium habereri (78328)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria Aceratherium incisivum (215636)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Alicornops simorrense (35125)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Aceratherium sp., Chilotherium sp. (40394)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Shanxi) Chilotherium fenhoense, Chilotherium sp. (42559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (West-Siberia) Chilotherium sp. (44866)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India Chilotherium intermedium (39209 39210)