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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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