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Aprotodon

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aprotodon was named by Forster-Cooper (1915). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyracodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Teleoceratini by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Aprotodon Forster-Cooper p. 408
1988Aprotodon Carroll
1989Aprotodon Prothero and Schoch p. 535

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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
subtribeTeleoceratina(Hay 1902)
genusAprotodonForster-Cooper 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. †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
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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 37.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) A. lanzhouensis (174913)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) A. lanzhouensis (175349)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) A. lanzhouensis (71433)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Pakistan (Baluchistan) A. smithwoodwardi (78362)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan A. borissiaki (64413)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Ningxia) A. sp. (182886)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Gansu) A. lanzhouensis (175341 175342 175343 175344 175345 175346 175347 175348)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Pakistan (Balochistan) A. fatehjangense (77778)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Gansu) A. sp. (42065)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) A. fatehjangense (77779 77780)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) A. fatehjangense (69540)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) A. fatehjangense (71445)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Pakistan (Punjab) A. fatehjangense (13472)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) A. fatehjangense (13473)