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Aphelops mutilus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aphelops mutilus was named by Matthew (1924) [named as a subspecies of A. malacorhinus by Matthew 1924; raised to species level (Matthew 1932)]. Its type specimen is AMNH 17584, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aphelops Draw Quarries, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Aphelops mutilus Matthew p. 150 figs. 41 - 43
1932Aphelops mutilus Matthew
1956Aphelops longinaris Frye et al.
1967Aphelops kimballensis Tanner
2005Aphelops mutilus Prothero p. 79
2006Aphelops mutilus Hulbert and Whitmore p. 18
2012Aphelops mutilus Gustafson

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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
genusAphelopsOwen 1845
speciesmutilus

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.

†Aphelops mutilus Matthew 1924
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Invalid names: Aphelops kimballensis Tanner 1967 [synonym], Aphelops longinaris Frye et al. 1956 [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 15:12:21
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:33:00
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998

Age range: base of the early Early Hemphillian to the top of the late Early Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Aphelops mutilus (18305)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Colorado) Aphelops mutilus (18495)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Aphelops mutilus (19533)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Aphelops mutilus (18140 18342)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Aphelops longipes (18560) Aphelops mutilus (18564 18601 26549)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Aphelops mutilus (type locality: 18033 18086 18225 18258)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Washington) Aphelops mutilus (157237)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Aphelops kimballensis (18097) Aphelops mutilus (18072) Aphelops sp. (18175)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Aphelops sp. (18559)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Aphelops mutilus (19473)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Aphelops mutilus (18126 18359)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Aphelops mutilus (218109 218111)