Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combinations: Aphelops matutinus, Rhinoceros matutinus
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, January 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 220(1):2-3
Belongs to Diceratherium according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Hay 1902, Marsh 1870, Marsh 1893, Prothero 1998, Simpson 1930 and Tedford and Hunter 1984
Sister taxa: Diceratherium annectens, Diceratherium armatum, Diceratherium minus, Diceratherium niobrarense, Diceratherium niobrarensis, Diceratherium persistens, Diceratherium radtkei, Diceratherium tridactylum, Diceratherium truquianum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Squankum marl pits (Miocene to Miocene of New Jersey)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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