Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of new extinct Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary and Dakota Formations. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):379-396
Belongs to Aphelops according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Cope 1878, Hay 1902 and Leidy and Lucas 1896
Sister taxa: Aphelops cristalatus, Aphelops jemezanus, Aphelops longipes, Aphelops megalodus, Aphelops mutilus
Subtaxa: Aphelops malacorhinus longinaris
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (9: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
• Miocene of United States (5: Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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