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Mesaceratherium
Taxonomy
Mesaceratherium was named by Keissig (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Mesaceratherium gaimersheimense.
It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Aceratheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Aceratheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Rhinocerotinae by Antoine et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Mesaceratherium Keissig |
| 1988 | Mesaceratherium Carroll |
| 1989 | Mesaceratherium Prothero and Schoch p. 535 |
| 2010 | Mesaceratherium Antoine et al. |
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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.
G. †Mesaceratherium Keissig 1969
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†Mesaceratherium gaimersheimense Heissig 1969
†Mesaceratherium paulhiacense Richard 1937
†Mesaceratherium welcommi Antoine et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | M. sp. (179934) |