Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218
Belongs to Teleoceras according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Albright et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Teleoceras (Mesoceras), Teleoceras aepysoma, Teleoceras americanum, Teleoceras brachyrhinum, Teleoceras felicis, Teleoceras fossiger, Teleoceras hicksi, Teleoceras major, Teleoceras medicornutum, Teleoceras meridianum, Teleoceras proterum, Teleoceras pugnator, Teleoceras snowi
Type specimen: F:AM 115994, a mandible. Its type locality is Optima, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: amphibious grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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