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Dihoplus schleiermacheri

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros schleiermacheri was named by Kaup (1834).

It was recombined as Dicerorhinus schleiermacheri by Guérin (1980), Cerdeno (1992); it was recombined as Lartetotherium schleiermacheri by Cerdeño (1995); it was recombined as Dihoplus schleiermacheri by Brandt (1878), Geraads and Koufos (1990), Kaya and Heissig (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Rhinoceros schleiermacheri Kaup p. 39
1878Dihoplus schleiermacheri Brandt
1896Rhinoceros schleiermacheri Lioy p. 765
1922Rhinoceros schleiermacheri Osborn p. 437
1980Dicerorhinus schleiermacheri Guérin
1990Dihoplus schleiermacheri Geraads and Koufos
1992Dicerorhinus schleiermacheri Cerdeno
1995Lartetotherium schleiermacheri Cerdeño
2001Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaya and Heissig p. 465

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
genusDihoplusBrandt 1878
speciesschleiermacheri()

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.

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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.62000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Dicerorhinus schleiermacheri (201497)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine (Odessa) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (75792)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (76299)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (75802 75803)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ukraine Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (75809)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Mugla) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (13998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Kazakhstan Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (75804)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Turkey (Thrace) Dihoplus schleiermacheri (67661)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Dihoplus schleiermacheri (172910 172915 199860)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ukraine Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (76301 76308)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) Dihoplus schleiermacheri (185681)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Suceava) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (34620)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Rhinoceros schleiermacheri (48093)