Aphelops cristalatus Henshaw 1942 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Full reference: P. C. Henshaw. 1942. A Tertiary mammalian fauna from the San Antonio Mountains near Tonopah, Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530(5):77-168

Belongs to Aphelops according to P. C. Henshaw 1942

Sister taxa: Aphelops jemezanus, Aphelops longipes, Aphelops malacorhinus, Aphelops megalodus, Aphelops mutilus

Type specimen: CIT 2806, a maxilla (part of the left maxillary, C.I.T. no. 2806 (pl. 10; fig. 1), and a part of the left mandible, C.I.T. no. 2807).

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aphelops cristalatus in the database

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