Brachydiceratherium

Brachydiceratherium
Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Tribe: †Teleoceratini
Genus: †Brachydiceratherium
Lavocat, 1952[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Diaceratherium Dietrich, 1931
  • Brachypotherium Roger, 1904 (pro parte)

Brachydiceratherium is an extinct genus of teleoceratine rhinocerotid that inhabited Eurasia during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.

Taxonomy

The genus Brachydiceratherium was first described by R. Lavocat. The Paleobiology Database and related sources give the year as 1952; other sources have 1951.[3][4][2] Alternatively, the genus may not be separated from Diaceratherium,[4][2] which in turn may be treated as the subgenus Diaceratherium of the genus Brachypotherium.[3] Species that have been placed in Brachydiceratherium include:[5][2]

  • Brachydiceratherium aginense, syn. Diaceratherium aginense (Repelin, 1917)
  • Brachydiceratherium aurelianense, syn. Diaceratherium aurelianense (Nouel, 1866)
  • Brachydiceratherium lamilloquense, syn. Diaceratherium lamilloquense Michel, 1983
  • Brachydiceratherium lemanense, syn. Diaceratherium lemanense (Pomel, 1853)

Palaeoecology

B. lamilloquense was a browser that mainly fed on soft vegetation. B. lemanense was likewise a browser, though at some sites, its dental wear patterns are consistent with mixed feeding.[5]

References

  1. ^ "†Brachydiceratherium Lavocat 1952 (rhinoceros)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  2. ^ a b c d Ménouret, Bernard & Guérin, Claude (2009). "Diaceratherium massiliae nov. sp. des argiles oligocènes de Saint-André et Saint-Henri à Marseille et de Les Milles près d'Aix-en-Provence (SE de la France), premier grand Rhinocerotidae brachypode européen". Geobios. 42 (3): 293–327. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.10.009.
  3. ^ a b Ginsburg, L.; Huin, J. & Locher, J.P. (1981). "Les Rhinocerotidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) du Miocène inférieur des Beilleaux à Savigné-sur-Lathan (Indre-et-Loire)" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle. 4th series (in French). 3: 345–361. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ^ a b Becker, Damien; Bürgin, Toni; Oberli, Urs & Scherler, Laureline (2009). "Diaceratherium lemanense (Rhinocerotidae) from Eschenbach (eastern Switzerland): systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 254: 5–39. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0002.
  5. ^ a b Hullot, Manon; Martin, Céline; Blondel, Cécile; Becker, Damien; Rössner, Gertrud E. (9 October 2024). "Evolutionary palaeoecology of European rhinocerotids across the Oligocene–Miocene transition". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (10). doi:10.1098/rsos.240987. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 11461060. PMID 39386991. Retrieved 5 November 2024.