Ceratomorpha

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Ceratomorpha is a suborder of odd-toed ungulate mammals that includes rhinoceroses and their close extinct relatives.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ceratomorpha canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal suborder ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
containsExtantFamilies Rhinocerotidae ⓘ
Tapiridae ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
digitNumberOnForelimb three ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Hippomorpha ⓘ
geologicFirstAppearance Eocene ⓘ
hasCharacteristic hindgut fermentation ⓘ
large body size in many species ⓘ
odd-numbered toes on each foot ⓘ
hasCommonMember rhinoceros ⓘ
tapir ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole large terrestrial herbivore ⓘ
hasLivingRepresentatives yes ⓘ
hasMorphologicalTrait relatively short limbs compared to horses ⓘ
robust skulls in many lineages ⓘ
hasTaxonomicAuthority Osborn, 1910 ⓘ
hasVertebralColumn yes ⓘ
includesExtinctTaxon Amynodontidae ⓘ
Eggysodontidae ⓘ
Hyracodontidae ⓘ
includesTaxon Rhinocerotidae ⓘ
Tapiridae ⓘ
infraclass Eutheria ⓘ
isSubjectOf perissodactyl phylogeny studies ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeContinents Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
parentTaxon Perissodactyla ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction viviparous ⓘ
subclassOf Perissodactyla ⓘ
superorder Laurasiatheria ⓘ
taxonRank suborder ⓘ
temporalRange Eocene to Recent ⓘ
thermoregulation endothermic ⓘ
toeSymmetry mesaxonic ⓘ
usedIn mammalian classification ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhinocerotidae → suborder → Ceratomorpha ⓘ
Tapiridae → suborder → Ceratomorpha ⓘ