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Rhinocerotini
Taxonomy
Rhinocerotini is a tribe. It is extant.
It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Pandolfi and Maiorino (2016); and to Rhinocerotinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Cerdeno (1992), Kaya and Heissig (2001), Antoine et al. (2003), Deng (2003), Antoine and Saraç (2005), Antoine et al. (2010), Khan et al. (2014) and Tsoukala (2018).
It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Pandolfi and Maiorino (2016); and to Rhinocerotinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Cerdeno (1992), Kaya and Heissig (2001), Antoine et al. (2003), Deng (2003), Antoine and Saraç (2005), Antoine et al. (2010), Khan et al. (2014) and Tsoukala (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Rhinocerotini Prothero and Schoch p. 535 |
| 1992 | Rhinocerotini Cerdeno |
| 2001 | Rhinocerotini Kaya and Heissig p. 465 |
| 2003 | Rhinocerotini Antoine et al. |
| 2003 | Rhinocerotini Deng p. 148 |
| 2005 | Rhinocerotini Antoine and Saraç p. 603 |
| 2010 | Rhinocerotini Antoine et al. |
| 2014 | Rhinocerotini Khan et al. |
| 2016 | Rhinocerotini Pandolfi and Maiorino |
| 2018 | Rhinocerotini Tsoukala |
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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. Rhinocerotini
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G. Ceratotherium Gray 1868 [white rhino]
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Ceratotherium cottoni Lydekker 1908 [northern white rhinoceros]
†Ceratotherium mauritanicum Pomel 1888
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 [white rhinoceros]
G. †Coelodonta Bronn 1831 [wooly rhino]
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†Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799
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Invalid names: Coelodonta boiei Bronn 1831 [synonym], Rhinoceros tichorhinus Cuvier 1822 [synonym]
†Coelodonta nihowanensis Chow 1978
†Coelodonta thibetana Deng et al. 2011
†Coelodonta tologoijensis Beliajeva 1966
Invalid names: Tichorhinus Brandt 1849 [synonym]
G. Dicerorhinus Gloger 1841
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†Dicerorhinus cixianensis Chen and Wu 1976
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Fischer 1814 [Sumatran rhino]
Invalid names: Didermocerus Brookes 1828 [synonym]
G. †Dihoplus Brandt 1878
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†Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839
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Invalid names: Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841 [synonym], Rhinoceros merckii Kaup 1841 [synonym]
†Dihoplus megarhinus de Christol 1835
†Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906
†Dihoplus ringstroemi Arambourg 1959
†Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834
G. Rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758 [one-horned rhinoceros]
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Subg. †Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus)
†Rhinoceros deccanensis Foote 1874
†Rhinoceros goldfussii Kaup 1834
†Rhinoceros habereri Schlosser 1903
†Rhinoceros iravadicus Lydekker 1876
†Rhinoceros leptodon Kaup 1834
†Rhinoceros leptorhinus Cuvier 1822
†Rhinoceros minutus Cuvier 1830
†Rhinoceros namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Rhinoceros pacificus Leidy 1872
†Rhinoceros palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Rhinoceros philippinensis von Koenigswald 1956
†Rhinoceros planidens Lydekker 1876
†Rhinoceros platyrhinus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Rhinoceros plicidens Koken 1885
†Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870
†Rhinoceros sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847
Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest 1822 [Javan rhinoceros]
Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758 [Indian rhinoceros]
Invalid names: Rhinoceros elatus Croizet and Jobert 1828 [nomen oblitum]
Subtr. †Rhinocerotina Gray 1825
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G. †Gaindatherium Colbert 1934
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†Gaindatherium browni Colbert 1934
†Gaindatherium vidali Heissig 1972
G. †Ronzotherium Aymard 1854
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†Ronzotherium filholi Osborn 1900
†Ronzotherium orientale Dashzeveg 1991
†Ronzotherium velaunum Aymard 1853
G. †Stephanorhinus Kretzoi 1942
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†Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
†Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868
†Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902
†Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972
†Stephanorhinus miguelcrusafonti Guerin and Santafe 1978
†Stephanorhinus pikermiensis Toula 1906
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Invalid names: Rhinoceros schleiermacheri orientalis Schlosser 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhinoceros schleiermacheri samius Toula 1906 [synonym]
Subtr. †Teleoceratina Hay 1902
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G. †Aprotodon Forster-Cooper 1915
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†Aprotodon aralensis Beliajeva 1954
†Aprotodon fatehjangense Pilgrim 1912
†Aprotodon lanzhouensis Qiu and Xie 1997
†Aprotodon smithwoodwardi Forster-Cooper 1915
G. †Brachydiceratherium Lavocat 1952
G. †Brachypodella Heissig 1973
G. †Brachypotherium Roger 1904
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†Brachypotherium aurelianense Nouel 1866
†Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848
G. †Diaceratherium Dietrich 1931
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†Diaceratherium aginense Répelin 1917
†Diaceratherium armatum Marsh 1875
†Diaceratherium askazansorense Kordikova 2001
†Diaceratherium asphaltense Deperet 1902
†Diaceratherium aurelianense Nouel 1866
†Diaceratherium lamilloquense Michel 1983
†Diaceratherium lemanense Pomel 1853
†Diaceratherium massiliae Ménouret and Guérin 2009
†Diaceratherium shanwangensis Wang 1965
†Diaceratherium tomerdingense Dietrich 1931
G. †Prosantorhinus Heissig 1973
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†Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902
†Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929
G. †Teleoceras Hatcher 1894
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Subg. †Teleoceras (Mesoceras) Cook 1930
†Teleoceras aepysoma Short et al. 2019
†Teleoceras americanum Yatkola and Tanner 1979
†Teleoceras brachyrhinum Prothero 2005
†Teleoceras felicis Freudenberg 1921
†Teleoceras guymonense Prothero 2005
†Teleoceras hicksi Cook 1927
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Invalid names: Paraphelops rooksensis Lane 1927 [synonym], Peraceras ponderis Cook 1930 [synonym], Teleoceras ocotensis Dalquest and Mooser 1980 [synonym], Teleoceras schultzi Tanner 1975 [synonym], Teleoceras yumensis Cook 1930 [synonym]
†Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894
†Teleoceras medicornutum Osborn 1904
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Invalid names: Aphelops planiceps Osborn 1904 [synonym], Teleoceras (Mesoceras) thomsoni Cook 1930 [synonym], Teleoceras thomsoni Cook 1930 [synonym]
†Teleoceras pugnator Matsumoto 1921
†Teleoceras snowi Fourtau 1918
Invalid names: Eusyodon Leidy 1886 [synonym], Paraphelops Lane 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (1170 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Mongolia (Dornogov) | Ronzotherium orientalis, Ronzotherium orientale (176016) Ronzotherium sp., Ronzotherium orientale (174716) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Ronzotherium romani (39300) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Aprotodon lanzhouensis (174913) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) | Ronzotherium romani (200416) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany | Ronzotherium filholi (36984) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Auvergne Region) | Ronzotherium velaunum (31767) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Loire) | Ronzotherium romani (181634) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Gansu) | Aprotodon lanzhouensis (175349) | |
| MP 21 | Czech Republic | Ronzotherium filholi (91467) Ronzotherium sp. (184465 184467) | |
| MP 22 | Germany | Ronzotherium sp., Ronzotherium filholi (46097) | |
| MP 24 | France | Ronzotherium romani (193751) | |
| MP 24 | France (Tarn) | Ronzotherium romani (181665) | |
| Rupelian | Switzerland (Canton Jura) | Ronzotherium filholi (182608) | |
| Rupelian | Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) | Ronzotherium filholi (182622) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Rhinoceros sp. (52047) | |
| MP 25 | France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) | Ronzotherium romani (183364) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | China (Gansu) | Aprotodon lanzhouensis (71433) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Bouches-du-Rhone) | Ronzotherium romani, Diaceratherium massiliae (181656) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Thailand (Phetchaburi) | Diaceratherium lamilloquense (71985) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Aix-en-Provence) | Ronzotherium romani, Diaceratherium massiliae (183347) | |