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Rhinoceros leptorhinus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8535290https://www.gbif.org/species/8535290
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)54849https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54849
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Rhinoceros : Rhinoceros leptorhinus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Rhinoceros : Rhinoceros leptorhinus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderPerissodactyla
-Tapiromorpha
-Ceratomorpha
superfamilyRhinocerotoideaGray 1821
familyRhinocerotidaeGray 1821
subfamilyRhinocerotinaeGray 1821
tribeRhinocerotini
genusRhinocerosLinnaeus 1758
speciesRhinoceros leptorhinusCuvier 1822
Generic NameRhinoceros
Scientific NameRhinoceros leptorhinus Cuvier, 1822
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhinoceros leptorhinusspeciesbelongs to Rhinocerosstated without evidenceOwen, 1846
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Rhinoceros)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Loose. 1975. Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of W. Europe with reference to the recent two-horned species of Africa and S. E. Asia. Scripta Geologica 33:1-59

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1822Rhinoceros leptorhinus Cuvier p. 71
1846Rhinoceros leptorhinus Owen p. 356

References

Loose H. (1975) Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of W. Europe with reference to the recent two-horned species of Africa and S. E. Asia, Scripta Geologica 33, 1-59
Owen R. , A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, 1-560
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!
 
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