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Metarhinus
| Description | Metarhinus is a genus of brontothere endemic to North America. It lived during the Eocene 46.2—40.4 mya, existing for approximately 6 million years. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metarhinus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Metarhinus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Metarhinus Osborn, 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metarhinus |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Metarhinus fluviatilis ✝species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 46.2 Ma Eocene | 46.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Metarhinus pater ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 46.2 Ma Eocene | 46.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Telmatotherium diploconum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 46.2 Ma Eocene | 46.2 Ma Eocene |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Telmatherium accola Cook, 1926 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Metarhinus : Telmatherium accola |
| Telmatherium advocata Cook, 1926 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Metarhinus : Telmatherium advocata |
| Metarhinus earlei Osborn, 1908 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Metarhinus : Metarhinus earlei |
| Metarhinus cristatus Riggs, 1912 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Metarhinus : Metarhinus cristatus |
| Heterotitanops parvus Peterson, 1914 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Metarhinus : Heterotitanops parvus |
References
| GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
