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Peraceras

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Peraceras Cope
1881Peraceras Cope p. 393
1988Peraceras Carroll
1989Peraceras Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1998Peraceras Prothero p. 601
2005Peraceras Prothero p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyAceratheriinaeDollo 1885
genusPeraceras

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.

G. †Peraceras Cope 1880
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†Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning 1987
†Peraceras profectum Matthew 1899
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Invalid names: Aphelops brachyodus Osborn 1904 [synonym], Aphelops ceratorhinus Douglass 1903 [synonym], Aphelops montanus Douglass 1908 [synonym], Diceratherium jamberi Tanner 1977 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Peraceras troxelli Matthew 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:12:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:12:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 16.30000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Aphelops meridianus (18624) P. hessei (18633 18644)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Colorado) Aphelops ceratorhinus (18874)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Mexico) P. profectum (19484)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Aphelops profectus (17965)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) P. profectum (17952)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) P. profectum, P. superciliosum (19339)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Aphelops cristalatus (19097) P. profectum (19103)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) P. sp. (214888)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) P. hessei (19519) P. hessei, P. profectum (19274) P. profectum (19287 19470 19535)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Aphelops montanus (18894)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Aphelops sp. (18619 18650) P. hessei (18607 18608 18618 18627 18646 18660)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) P. superciliosum (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) P. crassus (18090 18164 18192 18206 18275 18442) P. profectum (18153 18209) P. profectum, P. crassus (18284) P. profectum, P. superciliosum (18144) P. sp. (18027 18031 18199 18412) P. superciliosum (18089 18208 18248 18250 18343 18345 18361)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Aphelops ceratorhinus (18803)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) P. profectum (19547 19611)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) P. profectum (17972 17995)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) P. hessei (18661 18665 18674)
Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) P. sp. (156738)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) P. superciliosus (230906)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) P. profectum, P. superciliosum (19531)
Barstovian - Early/Lower Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) P. profectum, Rhinocerotidae indet. (19286)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Colorado) Aphelops profectus (18979)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) P. superciliosum (18149)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) P. sp. (18186)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) P. superciliosum (18217 18335) P. troxelli (18427)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (18485 18490)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) P. sp. (19383) P. superciliosum (19323 19517)