Biology:Rhinocerotoidea
Rhinocerotoidea | |
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Rhinoceroses, a type of rhinocerotoid | |
Skeleton of Paraceratherium (Paraceratheriidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
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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 (1): 639. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6. PMID 34140631.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q15487229 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinocerotoidea.
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