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Teleoceras major

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Teleoceras major was named by Hatcher (1894) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turtle Canyon, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

It was synonymized subjectively with Teleoceras fossiger by Hay (1902) and Hesse (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Teleoceras major Hatcher p. 149
1968Teleoceras major Skinner et al.
1990Teleoceras major Voorhies
2005Teleoceras major Prothero p. 106
2019Teleoceras major May

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
subtribeTeleoceratina(Hay 1902)
genusTeleoceras
speciesmajor

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 major Hatcher 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:13:50
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:32:14
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Teleoceras sp. (18844)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Dakota) Teleoceras major (18038 18040)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras major (18165)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Rhinocerotidae indet. (18888) Teleoceras fossiger (19035) Teleoceras major (18845)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Teleoceras fossiger (18268) Teleoceras major (18200) Teleoceras sp. (18063)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Teleoceras fossiger (18355 18611) Teleoceras major (18098 18149 18244 18283 18347) Teleoceras sp. (18610 18623 18640)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras fossiger (18336) Teleoceras major (18037 18042 18060 18092 18099 18107 18118 18135 18171 18176 18178 18202 18214 18217 18218 18222 18227 18229 18233 18245 18288 18294 18301 18321 18324 18335 18362 18366 18372 18378 18410 18425 type locality: 18430 18447 18458 18496 188779)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras major (18066 18327)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras major (18065 18069 18134 18236 18256 18295)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (South Dakota) Teleoceras major (18352)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Washington) Teleoceras major (175228)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras major (18258)