Aceratheriinae
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Aceratheriinae is an extinct subfamily of rhinoceros endemic to Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America during the Oligocene through Pliocene living from 33.9—3.4 mya, existing for approximately 30.5 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Aceratheriinae was named by Dollo (1885). It was assigned to Rhinocerotida by Codrea (1992); and to Rhinocerotidae by Prothero (1998), Antoine et al. (2000), Kaya and Heissig (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001) and Deng (2005).[2][3][4]
The following genera are recognized as valid:
- Aceratherium
- Acerorhinus
- Alicornops
- Aphelops
- Aprotodon
- Brachydiceratherium
- Brachypodella
- Brachypotherium
- Chilotherium
- Diaceratherium
- Dromoceratherium
- Floridaceras
- Galushaceras
- Hoploaceratherium
- Mesaceratherium
- Peraceras
- Persiatherium
- Plesiaceratherium
- Proaceratherium
- Prosantorhinus
- Shansirhinus
- Subchilotherium
- Teleoceras
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Aceratheriinae, basic info
- ^ V. Codrea. 1992. New mammal remains from the Sarmatian deposits an Minisu de Sus (Taut, Arad County). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologica 2:35-41
- ^ D. R. Prothero. 1998. Rhinocerotidae. in C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 595-605
- ^ P.-O. Antoine, C. Bulot, and L. Ginsburg. 2000. Une faune rare de rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) dan le Miocène inférieur de Pellecahus (Gers, France). Geobios 33(2):249-255
Categories:
- Prehistoric rhinoceroses
- Miocene odd-toed ungulates
- Oligocene odd-toed ungulates
- Pliocene odd-toed ungulates
- Pliocene extinctions
- Megafauna of Eurasia
- Cenozoic mammals of North America
- Prehistoric mammals of Europe
- Oligocene mammals of Africa
- Miocene mammals of Africa
- Pliocene mammals of Africa
- Prehistoric mammals of Asia
- Oligocene first appearances
- Prehistoric Perissodactyla stubs