Rhinocerotoidea

Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls which includes the living rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives. In addition to rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae), Rhinocerotoidea also comprises at least three extinct families: the Amynodontidae, Hyracodontidae, and Paraceratheriidae. The relationships between the different groups are not well resolved, and two additional extinct families are sometimes recognized, the Eggysodontidae and Forstercooperiidae.

Rhinocerotoidea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CeratomorphaPBDB
Diet
browserPBDB, for Ceratomorpha
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Ceratomorpha
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 51.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 3516 occurrencesEocene — about 783 of 3516 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 378 of 3516 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1501 of 3516 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 319 of 3516 occurrencesPleistocene — about 522 of 3516 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 4 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 9 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 9 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 47 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 60 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 77 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 73 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 73 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 82 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 80 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 106 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 136 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 103 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 69 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 49 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 49 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 70 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 73 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 73 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 90 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 141 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 201 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 164 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 333 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 388 occurrences51.1 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

3,516 occurrences of Rhinocerotoidea 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

3,516 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

424 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°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 42.70°N, 110.10°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.77°N, 110.33°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 41.08°N, 110.10°WBridger — 41.37°N, 109.82°WBridger — 41.28°N, 110.03°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WBrule — 42.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 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 — 42.40°N, 103.80°WBrule — 43.60°N, 102.45°WBrule — 46.40°N, 103.30°WBrule — 43.50°N, 101.90°WBrule — 41.80°N, 103.80°WBrule — 41.70°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.75°N, 101.47°WBrule — 40.74°N, 103.19°WBrule — 43.00°N, 104.23°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°WChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.10°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 — 42.00°N, 104.20°WChadron — 40.82°N, 103.73°WChadron — 42.90°N, 105.20°WUinta — 40.07°N, 109.28°WUinta — 40.10°N, 110.20°WUinta — 40.15°N, 109.62°WUinta — 40.17°N, 109.93°WUinta — 40.07°N, 109.70°WUinta — 40.20°N, 109.30°WChitarwata — 28.85°N, 69.12°EChitarwata — 30.08°N, 70.33°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°WErgilin Dzo — 43.75°N, 111.92°EErgilin Dzo — 43.40°N, 109.10°EErgilin Dzo — 43.73°N, 111.25°EErgilin Dzo — 43.37°N, 108.66°EErgilin Dzo — 44.00°N, 111.00°EErgilin Dzo — 43.33°N, 109.13°EErgilin Dzo — 43.73°N, 111.21°EKoobi 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°EPondaung — 21.75°N, 94.70°EPondaung — 21.62°N, 94.85°EPondaung — 21.67°N, 94.83°EPondaung — 21.72°N, 94.68°EPondaung — 21.95°N, 94.57°EPondaung — 21.95°N, 94.50°EPondaung — 21.90°N, 94.57°EPondaung — 21.92°N, 94.53°EPondaung — 21.50°N, 94.50°EPondaung — 21.84°N, 94.54°EOlcott — 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°EShara Murum — 42.04°N, 111.53°EShara Murum — 42.63°N, 111.35°ENkondo/Warwire — 1.50°N, 31.00°EWashakie — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWashakie — 40.60°N, 108.10°WWashakie — 41.35°N, 108.36°WWashakie — 41.10°N, 108.15°WWashakie — 41.41°N, 108.39°WWashakie — 41.29°N, 108.47°WTesuque — 35.50°N, 106.20°WTesuque — 36.50°N, 107.00°WSheep Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WSantiago — 32.90°N, 117.10°WSantiago — 33.40°N, 117.51°WSantiago — 33.19°N, 117.32°WSantiago — 33.13°N, 117.31°WTepee Trail — 43.70°N, 108.70°WTepee Trail — 43.20°N, 108.20°WXianshuihe — 43.65°N, 112.66°EXianshuihe — 43.71°N, 112.82°EXianshuihe — 36.06°N, 103.79°EXianshuihe — 36.20°N, 103.44°EXianshuihe — 36.33°N, 103.90°E

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The named rock units Rhinocerotoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 400 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,354 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Rhinocerotoidea and its relatives

Miocene

Where Rhinocerotoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,170 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,536 sites for Rhinocerotoidea, 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

1,087 references

Each of the 3,516 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. 1,075 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 content1

Picture of Rhinocerotoidea

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Rodrigo J De Marco
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Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Rhinocerotoidea was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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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