Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Parent taxon: Aceratheriinae according to E. P. Gustafson 2012
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Gazin and Collins 1950, Hay 1902, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Prothero 1998, Prothero 2005, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Scott 1913
Sister taxa: Acerorhinus, Chilotheridium, Chilotheriini, Floridaceras, Galushaceras, Hoploaceratherium, Peraceras, Plesiaceratherium, Proaceratherium, Subchilotherium
Subtaxa: Aphelops cristalatus Aphelops jemezanus Aphelops longipes Aphelops malacorhinus Aphelops megalodus Aphelops mutilus
Type: Aceratherium megalodum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (42: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (147: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 190 collections including 192 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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