Aceratheriinae
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| Aceratherium incisivum skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae Dollo, 1885 |
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Aceratheriinae is an extinct
Taxonomy
Aceratheriinae was named by Dollo (1885). It was assigned to
Rhinocerotidae by Prothero (1998), Antoine et al. (2000), Kaya and Heissig (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001) and Deng (2005).[2][3][4]
The following genera are recognized as valid:[citation needed]
- Aceratherium
- Acerorhinus
- Alicornops
- Aphelops
- Aprotodon
- Brachydiceratherium
- Brachypotherium
- Chilotherium
- Diaceratherium
- Dromoceratherium
- Floridaceras
- Galushaceras
- Hoploaceratherium
- Mesaceratherium
- Peraceras
- Persiatherium
- Plesiaceratherium
- Proaceratherium
- Prosantorhinus
- Shansirhinus
- Subchilotherium
- Teleoceras
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Aceratheriinae, basic info
- ^ V. Codrea. 1992. New mammal remains from the Sarmatian deposits an Minisu de Sus (Taut, Arad County). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologica 2:35-41
- ^ D. R. Prothero. 1998. Rhinocerotidae. in C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 595-605
- ^ P.-O. Antoine, C. Bulot, and L. Ginsburg. 2000. Une faune rare de rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) dan le Miocène inférieur de Pellecahus (Gers, France). Geobios 33(2):249-255