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Teleoceras americanum
Taxonomy
Brachypotherium americanus was named by Yatkola and Tanner (1979). Its type specimen is KUMVP 9857, a partial skull (a nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Teleoceras americanum by Prothero (2005).
It was recombined as Teleoceras americanum by Prothero (2005).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1979 | Brachypotherium americanus Yatkola and Tanner |
2005 | Teleoceras americanum Prothero p. 95 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Teleoceras americanum Yatkola and Tanner 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Teleoceras americanum (17895 17902 17917 17920 17952 17961 17980 18000 18001 18012) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | Brachypotherium americanum (type locality: 17965) |