Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combinations: Aphelops proterus, Rhinoceros proterus, Teleoceras proterus
Synonym: Eusyodon maximus Leidy 1886
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1885. Rhinoceros and Hippotherium from Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37:32-33
Belongs to Teleoceras according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Allen 1926, Hay 1902, Leidy 1885, Leidy and Lucas 1896, Matthew 1932, Osborn 1904, Prothero and Manning 1987 and Simpson 1930
Sister taxa: Teleoceras (Mesoceras), Teleoceras aepysoma, Teleoceras americanum, Teleoceras brachyrhinum, Teleoceras felicis, Teleoceras fossiger, Teleoceras guymonense, Teleoceras hicksi, Teleoceras major, Teleoceras medicornutum, Teleoceras meridianum, Teleoceras pugnator, Teleoceras snowi
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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