Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combinations: Aceratherium profectum, Aphelops profectus
Synonyms: Aphelops brachyodus Osborn 1904, Aphelops ceratorhinus Douglass 1903, Aphelops montanus Douglass 1908, Diceratherium jamberi Tanner 1977
Belongs to Peraceras according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Douglass 1903, Douglass 1908, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Matthew 1932, Osborn 1904, Osborn 1904, Prothero 1998, Prothero and Manning 1987, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, Tanner 1967, Tanner 1977 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: Peraceras hessei, Peraceras superciliosum, Peraceras superciliosus
Type specimens:
- Peraceras profectum: Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado
- Aphelops brachyodus: AMNH 10873, a partial skull.
- Aphelops ceratorhinus:
- Aphelops montanus: CM 1569, a partial skeleton (a skull with the mandible, the two femora, parts of a humerus, and other fragments of the skeleton).
- Diceratherium jamberi:
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (23: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico collections)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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