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Extinct genus of mammal

Bugtirhinus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Bugtirhinus
Antoine and Welcomme, 2000
Species: B. praecursor
Binomial name
Bugtirhinus praecursor
Antoine and Welcomme, 2000

Bugtirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae endemic to Asia during the Miocene living from 20—16.9 mya existing for approximately 3.1 million years.

Taxonomy

Bugtirhinus was named by Antoine and Welcomme (2000). Its type is Bugtirhinus praecursor. It was assigned to Elasmotheriini by Antoine and Welcomme (2000); and to Iranotheriinae by Guérin and Pickford (2003).

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Bugtirhinus, basic info
  2. P.-O. Antoine and J.-L. Welcomme. 2000. A new rhinoceros from the lower Miocene of the Bugti Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan: the earliest elasmotheriine. Palaeontology 43(5):795-816
  3. C. Guérin and M. Pickford. 2003. Ougandatherium napakense nov. gen. nov. sp., le plus ancien Rhinocerotidae Iranotheriinae d’Afrique. Annales de Paléontologie 89(1):1-35
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
Bugtirhinus

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