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Prehistoric mammal

Allacerops
Temporal range: Oligocene, 33.9–23.03 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Eggysodontidae
Genus: Allacerops
Wood, 1932
Type species
Allacerops turgaica
(Borissiak, 1915)

Allacerops is an extinct genus of odd-toed ungulate belong to the rhinoceros-like family Eggysodontidae. It was a small, ground-dwelling browser, and fossils have been found in Oligocene deposits throughout Central and East Asia.

Allacerops was synonymized with Eggysodon by Heissig (1989), but is now considered a distinct genus. Unaware that Wood (1932) made turgaica the type species of Allacerops, Reshetov et al. (1993) erected Tenisia for "Epiaceratherium" turgaica. Tenisia, however, was already in use for a brachiopod, so Spassov (1994) erected Teniseggysodon as a replacement. In any case, Qiu et al. (1999) recognized Teniseggysodon a junior objective synonym of Allacerops as both were based on the same type species.

References

  1. Heissig, K., 1989. Rhinocerotidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch, (eds.), The evolution of perissodactyls, pp.399-417. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.
  2. B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu. 2004. Discovery of early Oligocene mammalian fossils from Danghe area, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):130-143
  3. B. Bai and Y.-Q. Wang. 2012. Proeggysodon gen. nov., a primitive Eocene eggysodontine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Erden Obo, Siziwangqi, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(3):204-218
  4. H. Wang, B. Bai, J. Meng and Y. Wang. 2016. Earliest known unequivocal rhinocerotoid sheds new light on the origin of Giant Rhinos and phylogeny of early rhinocerotoids. Scientific Reports 6:39607:1-9
  5. Reshetov, V., Spassov, N., and Baishashov, B., 1993. Tenisia gen. nov.: Taxonomic revaluation of the Asian Oligocene Rhinocerotoid Eggysodon turgaicum (Borissiak, 1915) (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Hyracodontidae). Geobios 26(3): 715–722.
  6. Qiu Zhan-xiang; Wang Ban-yue, 1999. Allacerops (Rhinocerotoidea, Perissodactyla) its discovery in China and its systematic position. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37 (1): 48-61, pl.1
  7. Spassov, N., 1994. Teniseggysodon nom. nov. pro Tenisia Reshetov, Spassov, Baishashov, 1993 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Hyracodontidae). Geobios, 27(2):220.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla
Incertae sedis
Anthracobunia
Anthracobunidae
Cambaytheriidae
Brontotheriidae
Equoidea
Equidae
Palaeotheriidae
Pachynolophinae
Palaeotheriinae
Hyopsodontidae?
Phenacodontidae?
Meniscotheriinae
Phenacodontinae
Tapiromorpha
    • See below↓
Palaeotherium medium

Hyopsodus sp.

Meniscotherium chamense
Tapiromorpha
Incertae sedis
Isectolophidae
Homogalaxinae
Isectolophinae
Ancylopoda
Ceratomorpha
Tapiroidea
Deperetellidae
Helaletidae
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotoidea
    • See below↓
Heptodon posticus Tapirus augustus
Rhinocerotoidea
Rhinocerotoidea sensu lato
Indolophidae
Rhinocerotoidea
sensu stricto
Hyrachyidae
Eggysodontidae
Hyracodontidae
Amynodontidae
Amynodontinae
Cadurcodontini
Metamynodontini
Paraceratheriidae
Forstercooperiinae
Paraceratheriinae
Rhinocerotidae
    • See below↓
Hyracodon nebraskensis Paraceratherium transouralicum
Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae
Aceratheriinae
Elasmotheriinae
Diceratheriini
Elasmotheriini
Rhinocerotinae
Teleoceratini
Rhinocerotina
Dicerorhinini
Dicerotini
Rhinocerotini
Coelodonta antiquatis Elasmotherium caucasicum
Taxon identifiers
Allacerops


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