†Penetrigonias dakotensis Peterson 1920

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Caenopus dakotensis

Synonym: Penetrigonias hudsoni Tanner and Martin 1976

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1920. The American Diceratheres. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 7(6):399-476

Belongs to Penetrigonias according to D. R. Prothero 2005

See also Peterson 1920, Prothero 1998, Tanner and Martin 1976 and Wood 1929

Sister taxon: Penetrigonias sagittatus

Type specimens:

  • Penetrigonias dakotensis: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 1110, a mandible.
  • Penetrigonias hudsoni: Its type locality is UNSM Sx-14 (Chadron), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota collection)

• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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