Peraceras superciliosus Cope 1880

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Aphelops superciliosus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1880. A new genus of Rhinocerotidae. The American Naturalist 14(7):540

Belongs to Peraceras according to E. D. Cope 1880

See also Hay 1902, Matthew 1918 and Prothero 2005

Sister taxa: Peraceras hessei, Peraceras profectum, Peraceras superciliosum

Type specimen: AMNH 8380, a skull (a nearly perfect skull, which lacks the lower jaw)

Distribution: found only at Snake Creek Fauna (Miocene to Miocene of Nebraska)

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