Menoceras arikarense Barbour 1906 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Diceratherium arikarense

Synonyms: Aceratherium stigeri Loomis 1908, Diceratherium aberrans Loomis 1908, Diceratherium cooki Peterson 1906, Diceratherium loomisi Cook 1912, Diceratherium schiffi Loomis 1908, Menoceras cooki Peterson 1906

Full reference: E. H. Barbour. 1906. Notice of a New Fossil Rhinoceros from Sioux County, Nebraska (Diceratherium arikarense). Nebraska Geological Survey 2(4):1-6

Belongs to Menoceras according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2010

See also Antoine et al. 2002, Barbour 1906, Cook 1912, Lu 2013, Peterson 1906, Peterson 1907, Peterson 1920, Prothero 1998, Prothero 2005, Prothero et al. 1989, Prothero and Manning 1987, Tanner 1969, Troxell 1921, Wilson and Schiebout 1981 and Wood 1927

Sister taxon: Menoceras barbouri

Type specimens:

  • Menoceras arikarense: Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska
  • Aceratherium stigeri:
  • Diceratherium aberrans:
  • Diceratherium loomisi: Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
  • Diceratherium schiffi:
  • Menoceras cooki: CMNH 1572, a skull. Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Harrisonian of United States (12: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences

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