Rhinocerotidae

Searched as Rhinoceros. The Paleobiology Database treats Rhinocerotidae as the accepted name.

Rhinoceros is a genus comprising one-horned rhinoceroses. This scientific name was proposed by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus contains two species, the Indian rhinoceros and the Javan rhinoceros. Although both members are threatened, the Javan rhinoceros is one of the most endangered large mammals in the world, with only 60 individuals surviving in Java (Indonesia).

Rhinocerotidae

Uncredited · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
rhinocerosPBDB
Sits inside
RhinocerotoideaPBDB
Diet
browserPBDB
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 39 million years on record.

The record covers at least 39.7 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 2641 occurrencesEocene — about 104 of 2641 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 194 of 2641 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1493 of 2641 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 317 of 2641 occurrencesPleistocene — about 520 of 2641 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 5 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 28 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 53 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 43 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 31 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 25 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 28 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 39 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 46 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 70 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 87 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 139 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 199 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 211 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 205 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 197 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 181 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 163 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 163 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 332 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 387 occurrences39.7 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

2,641 occurrences of Rhinocerotidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,641 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

330 formations

Ash Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 101.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.39°N, 98.10°WAsh Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 42.60°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.70°N, 103.10°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 43.40°N, 100.60°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.10°N, 103.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 105.10°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 98.80°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 42.81°N, 100.05°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 40.10°N, 98.50°WValentine — 42.90°N, 98.80°WValentine — 43.20°N, 99.80°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WValentine — 42.70°N, 102.50°WVogel River Series — 3.22°S, 35.22°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 36.19°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EShungura — 5.11°N, 36.02°EShungura — 5.15°N, 36.04°EShungura — 5.05°N, 36.01°EFleming — 30.60°N, 95.20°WFleming — 30.72°N, 95.28°WFleming — 31.00°N, 93.67°WFleming — 30.61°N, 95.13°WFleming — 31.10°N, 93.10°WFleming — 30.70°N, 94.70°WFleming — 30.50°N, 95.00°WFleming — 30.30°N, 95.70°WFleming — 29.80°N, 96.90°WFleming — 31.00°N, 93.40°WFleming — 30.80°N, 94.30°WFleming — 30.10°N, 96.10°WFleming — 30.59°N, 94.91°WFleming — 31.05°N, 93.21°WKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.86°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.27°N, 36.29°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 4.09°N, 36.31°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EBrule — 40.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.90°N, 102.40°WBrule — 43.30°N, 102.50°WBrule — 46.90°N, 102.80°WBrule — 43.20°N, 103.20°WBrule — 42.00°N, 104.20°WBrule — 43.85°N, 102.50°WBrule — 46.40°N, 103.30°WBrule — 41.70°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.75°N, 101.47°WBrule — 43.50°N, 101.90°WBrule — 43.00°N, 104.23°WChitarwata — 28.85°N, 69.12°EChitarwata — 30.08°N, 70.33°EChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.40°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 45.47°N, 112.62°WChadron — 46.10°N, 103.30°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.00°N, 104.20°WChadron — 40.82°N, 103.73°WChadron — 42.90°N, 105.20°WOlcott — 42.40°N, 103.80°WOlcott — 42.19°N, 103.73°WNachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.70°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.17°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 4.21°N, 35.78°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EWhite River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWhite River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWhite River — 40.80°N, 103.10°WWhite River — 41.80°N, 107.00°WWhite River — 40.97°N, 106.22°WNkondo/Warwire — 1.50°N, 31.00°ETesuque — 35.50°N, 106.20°WTesuque — 36.50°N, 107.00°WSheep Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WJohn Day — 44.90°N, 120.20°WJohn Day — 44.60°N, 119.62°WJohn Day — 44.67°N, 119.63°WJohn Day — 44.67°N, 119.65°WJohn Day — 44.90°N, 121.30°WJohn Day — 44.84°N, 119.73°WHarrison — 43.30°N, 102.50°WHarrison — 43.00°N, 104.50°WHarrison — 42.80°N, 100.80°WHarrison — 42.40°N, 103.80°WHarrison — 42.42°N, 103.86°WMarsland — 42.42°N, 103.87°WMarsland — 42.40°N, 103.80°WMarsland — 42.10°N, 105.00°WMarsland — 42.62°N, 104.40°WMarsland — 42.00°N, 104.20°WMarsland — 43.00°N, 104.50°WOgallala — 39.80°N, 99.40°WOgallala — 36.70°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 38.90°N, 101.70°WOgallala — 37.20°N, 99.90°WOgallala — 39.02°N, 99.52°WOgallala — 35.70°N, 102.30°WOgallala — 35.40°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 39.95°N, 99.53°WOgallala — 35.80°N, 99.63°WRenova — 45.00°N, 112.80°WRenova — 45.20°N, 112.00°WRenova — 46.00°N, 112.00°WRenova — 45.90°N, 112.25°WRenova — 46.40°N, 112.80°WRenova — 46.65°N, 113.05°WBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°EVihowa — 30.08°N, 70.33°ECypress Hills — 50.00°N, 107.90°WCypress Hills — 49.57°N, 109.88°WCypress Hills — 49.80°N, 109.00°WCypress Hills — 49.70°N, 109.00°WCypress Hills — 49.60°N, 108.80°WXianshuihe — 43.65°N, 112.66°EXianshuihe — 43.71°N, 112.82°EXianshuihe — 36.06°N, 103.79°EXianshuihe — 36.20°N, 103.44°E

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The named rock units Rhinocerotidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 306 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,190 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Rhinocerotidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Rhinocerotidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,726 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,492 sites for Rhinocerotidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

868 references

Each of the 2,641 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 856 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Rhinocerotidae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Structured light scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Rhinoceros unicornis · MNHN:ZM:AC-1967-101

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1821