Aceratheriinae

Aceratheriinae is an extinct subfamily of true rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae) that ranged across Eurasia, Africa and North America from the Oligocene to the beginning of the Pliocene. Members of the group generally lacked horns, though some members of the family may have borne small horns.

Aceratheriinae

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 14 million years on record.

The record covers at least 18.5 Mya to 4.16 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 29.5 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Oligocene — about 1 of 335 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 324 of 335 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 10 of 335 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 335 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 4 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 4 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 12 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 17 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 24 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 36 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 36 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 34 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 30 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 19 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 20 occurrences10–9.5 Mya — about 20 occurrences9.5–8.6 Mya — about 16 occurrences8.6–7.6 Mya — about 15 occurrences7.6–6.7 Mya — about 14 occurrences6.7–5.8 Mya — about 13 occurrences5.8–4.8 Mya — about 12 occurrences4.8–3.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.9–3.0 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.0–2.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences18.5 Mya4.16 Mya30 Mya2 Mya

335 occurrences of Aceratheriinae on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

335 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

67 formations

Valentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 40.10°N, 98.50°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.70°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 42.60°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 101.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 43.40°N, 100.60°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°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 — 30.30°N, 95.70°WFleming — 30.50°N, 95.00°WFleming — 30.80°N, 94.30°WFleming — 31.05°N, 93.21°WOlcott — 42.40°N, 103.80°WOlcott — 42.19°N, 103.73°WTesuque — 35.50°N, 106.20°WTesuque — 36.50°N, 107.00°WSheep Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WBarstow — 34.80°N, 117.00°WBarstow — 35.05°N, 117.07°WBarstow — 35.06°N, 117.08°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.40°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°WTorreya — 30.50°N, 84.50°WZia — 35.70°N, 107.00°WTemblor — 36.10°N, 120.40°WTemblor — 35.46°N, 118.92°WTemblor — 36.54°N, 120.55°WTemblor — 35.27°N, 119.31°WBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°EPawnee Creek — 40.80°N, 104.20°WPawnee Creek — 40.90°N, 103.28°WOgallala — 39.80°N, 99.40°WOgallala — 38.90°N, 101.70°WOgallala — 37.20°N, 99.90°WDove Spring — 35.30°N, 118.50°WDove Spring — 35.37°N, 117.99°WMaboko — 0.13°S, 34.61°EMaboko — 0.13°N, 34.61°ECucaracha — 9.10°N, 79.70°WCucaracha — 9.05°N, 79.67°WBox Butte — 42.20°N, 103.10°WSnake Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WJuntura — 43.60°N, 117.50°WEsmeralda — 38.25°N, 117.90°WVirgin Valley — 41.10°N, 117.80°WChamita — 36.50°N, 107.00°W

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The named rock units Aceratheriinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 43 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 110 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aceratheriinae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Aceratheriinae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,656 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 298 sites for Aceratheriinae, 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

119 references

Each of the 335 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. 107 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 Aceratheriinae

Credit
Pescov
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Aceratheriinae 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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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. Dollo 1885