Paraceratherium

Paraceratherium transouralicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: †Paraceratheriidae
Genus: †Paraceratherium
Species: †P. bugtiense – †P. huangheense – †P. lepidum – †P. linxiaense – †P. transouralicum

Name

Paraceratherium Forster-Cooper, 1911

Type species: Aceratherium bugtiense Pilgrim, 1910

Synonymy

• Baluchitherium Forster-Cooper, 1913
• ?Benaratherium Gabunia, 1955
• Indricotherium Borissiak, 1916
• Paraceratherium Forster-Cooper, 1911: 711
• Pristinotherium Birkjukov, 1953

References

Primary references

• Forster-Cooper, C. 1911. Paraceratherium bugtiense, a new Genus of Rhinocerotidæ from the Bugti Hills of Baluchistan.—Preliminary Notice. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 8(48): 711–716. DOI: 10.1080/00222931108693085 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Deng, T., Lu, X., Wang, S., Flynn, L.J., Sun, D., He, W. & Chen, S. 2021. An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution. Communications Biology 4: 639. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6 Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.  [p. 479]

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