Teletaceras mortivallis Stock 1949 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combinations: Eotrigonias mortivallis, Hyracodon mortivallis

Full reference: C. Stock. 1949. Mammalian Fauna from Titus Canyon Formation, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 584:229-244

Belongs to Teletaceras according to D. R. Prothero 2005

See also Hanson 1989, Prothero 1998 and Stock 1949

Sister taxa: Teletaceras borissiaki, Teletaceras radinskyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Titus Canyon, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Titus Canyon Formation of California

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Titus Canyon

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