Teleoceras aepysoma Short et al. 2019 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Full reference: R. A. Short, S. C. Wallace, and L. G. Emmert. 2019. A new species of Teleoceras (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the Late Hemphillian of Tennessee. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 56(5):183-260

Belongs to Teleoceras according to R. A. Short et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Teleoceras (Mesoceras), Teleoceras americanum, Teleoceras brachyrhinum, Teleoceras felicis, Teleoceras fossiger, Teleoceras guymonense, Teleoceras hicksi, Teleoceras major, Teleoceras medicornutum, Teleoceras meridianum, Teleoceras proterum, Teleoceras pugnator, Teleoceras snowi

Type specimen: ETMNH 609, a skeleton (complete skeleton, missing only one distal phalanx). Its type locality is Gray Fossil Site, which is in a Hemphillian/Blancan sinkhole siltstone/conglomerate in Tennessee.

Ecology: amphibious grazer

Distribution: found only at Gray Fossil Site

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