†Trigonias wellsi Wood 1927 (rhinoceros)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Synonym: Trigonias gregoryi Wood 1927
Full reference: H. E. Wood. 1927. Some early Tertiary rhinoceroses and hyracodonts. Bulletins of American Paleontology 13(50):1-105
Belongs to Trigonias according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Prothero 1998, Scott 1941 and Wood 1927
Sister taxon: Trigonias osborni
Type specimens:
- Trigonias wellsi: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota
- Trigonias gregoryi: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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