Biology:Rhinocerotoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of mammals

Rhinocerotoidea
Temporal range: 56–0 Ma
Latest Paleocene-Present
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Rhinoceroses, a type of rhinocerotoid
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Skeleton of Paraceratherium (Paraceratheriidae)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Suborder: Ceratomorpha
Superfamily: Rhinocerotoidea
Gray, 1821
Families

Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily consisting of five families of odd-toed ungulates, four of which, the Amynodontidae, Hyracodontidae, Paraceratheriidae and Eggysodontidae, are extinct. The only extant family is the Rhinocerotidae (true rhinoceroses), which survives as five living species. Extinct non-rhinocerotid members of the group are sometimes considered rhinoceroses in a broad sense. The family Paraceratheriidae contains the largest land mammals known to have ever existed.[1]

Taxonomy

The cladogram below follows a phylogenetic analysis by Bai et al. (2020):[2]

Rhinocerotoidea

Indolophus

Breviodon

Fouchia

Minchenoletes

Triplopus cubitalus

Yimengia

Rhinocerotoidea

Hyrachyus

Uintaceras

Teletaceras

Selenaletes

Triplopus? youjingensis

Hyracodontidae

Ephyrachyus

Prohyracodon

Ardynia

Hyracodon

Epitriplopus

Triplopides

Forstercooperiidae

Forstercooperia

Gobicerops

Pappaceras

Amynodontidae

Caenolophus

Proeggysodon

Rostriamynodon

Sharamynodon

Amynodon

Cadurcodon

Metamynodon

Paramynodon

Eggysodon

Paraceratheriidae

Juxia

Paraceratherium

Urtinotherium

Rhinocerotidae

Trigonias

Subhyracodon

Menoceras

Rhinoceros

(sensu stricto)
(sensu lato)

References

  1. 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 (1): 639. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6. PMID 34140631. 
  2. Bai, B.; Meng, J.; Zhang, C.; Gong, Y.-X.; Wang, Y.-Q. (2020). "The origin of Rhinocerotoidea and phylogeny of Ceratomorpha (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Communications Biology 3 (1): 509. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01205-8. 

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