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Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceros)
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Taxonomy
Rhinocerotidae was named by Gray (1821) [also attributed to R. Owen 1845]. It is extant.
It was corrected as Rhinoceridae by Cope (1881).
It was assigned to Trichenae by Gray (1821); to Belluae by Bonaparte (1850); to Perissodactyla by Cope (1889); to Perissodactyla by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Tapiromorpha by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Rhinocerotoidea by Radinsky (1966), Carroll (1988), Dashzeveg (1996) and Holbrook (1999); and to Perissodactyla by Cope (1881), Flower (1883), Nowak (1991), Antoine et al. (2000), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Deng (2003), Geraads et al. (2005) and Hulbert and Whitmore (2006).
It was corrected as Rhinoceridae by Cope (1881).
It was assigned to Trichenae by Gray (1821); to Belluae by Bonaparte (1850); to Perissodactyla by Cope (1889); to Perissodactyla by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Tapiromorpha by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Rhinocerotoidea by Radinsky (1966), Carroll (1988), Dashzeveg (1996) and Holbrook (1999); and to Perissodactyla by Cope (1881), Flower (1883), Nowak (1991), Antoine et al. (2000), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Deng (2003), Geraads et al. (2005) and Hulbert and Whitmore (2006).
Subtaxa
Aceratheriinae, Amphicaenopus, Atelodus, Brachydiceratherium, Chilotheridium, Diceratheriinae, Dicerorhininae, Didermocerus, Dromoceratherium, Elasmotheriina, Epiaceratherium, Gaindatherium, Gulfoceras, Huangotherium, Iranotheriinae, Iranotherium, Menoceratinae, Mesaceratherium, Meschotherium, Paradiceros, Penetrigonias, Pleuroceros, Proaceratherium, Protoaceratherium, Rhinocerotinae, Subhyracodon (syn. Anchisodon, Caenopus, Leptaceratherium), Teleoceratinae, Teletaceras, Trigonias (syn. Procaenopus), Uintaceras, Zalabis
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Rhinocerotidae Gray |
| 1850 | Rhinocerotidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1881 | Rhinoceridae Cope p. 393 |
| 1883 | Rhinocerotidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1889 | Rhinoceridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Rhinocerotidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90 |
| 1966 | Rhinocerotidae Radinsky p. 631 |
| 1981 | Rhinocerotidae Thurmond and Jones p. 186 |
| 1988 | Rhinocerotidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Rhinocerotidae Nowak |
| 1996 | Rhinocerotidae Dashzeveg p. 8 |
| 1999 | Rhinocerotidae Holbrook p. 346 |
| 2000 | Rhinocerotidae Antoine et al. p. 250 |
| 2001 | Rhinocerotidae Sach and Heizmann p. 30 |
| 2003 | Rhinocerotidae Deng p. 142 |
| 2005 | Rhinocerotidae Geraads et al. p. 531 |
| 2006 | Rhinocerotidae Hulbert and Whitmore p. 18 |
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