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Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros tetradactylus was named by Lartet (1837). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Aceratherium tetradactylum by Guérin (1982); it was recombined as Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum by Ginsburg and Heissig (1989), Cerdeno (1992), Lu (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Rhinoceros tetradactylus Lartet
1982Aceratherium tetradactylum Guérin p. 600
1989Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Ginsburg and Heissig p. 418
1992Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Cerdeno
2013Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Lu

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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
subfamilyAceratheriinaeDollo 1885
genusHoploaceratherium
speciestetradactylum(Lartet 1837)

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

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Aceratherium tetradactylum (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Aceratherium tetradactylum (42588)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Aceratherium tetradactylum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Madrid) Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum (197673)