Brachypotherium lewisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamilia: †Aceratheriinae
Tribus: †Teleoceratini
Genus: †Brachypotherium
Species: †Brachypotherium lewisi

Name

Brachypotherium lewisi Hooijer & Patterson, 1972: 2

Type: KNM LT 88

Type locality: "Lothagam Hill, southeastern Turkana District, Kenya"

Eponymy: "Arnold D. Lewis"

References

Primary references

• Hooijer, D.A. & Patterson, B. 1972. Rhinoceroses from the Pliocene of northwestern Kenya. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144(1): 1–26. BHL Reference page.