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Teleoceras proterum
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros proterus was named by Leidy (1885) [said by Allen 1926 to originally have been assigned to Aphelops]. It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Aphelops proterus by Cope (1892); it was synonymized subjectively with Aphelops fossiger by Leidy and Lucas (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Teleoceras fossiger by Hay (1902), Osborn (1904); it was recombined as Teleoceras proterus by Allen (1926), Simpson (1930); it was recombined as Teleoceras proterum by Prothero and Manning (1987), Prothero (2005).
It was recombined as Aphelops proterus by Cope (1892); it was synonymized subjectively with Aphelops fossiger by Leidy and Lucas (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Teleoceras fossiger by Hay (1902), Osborn (1904); it was recombined as Teleoceras proterus by Allen (1926), Simpson (1930); it was recombined as Teleoceras proterum by Prothero and Manning (1987), Prothero (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2020-04-16
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Rhinoceros proterus Leidy p. 33 |
| 1886 | Eusyodon maximus Leidy |
| 1892 | Aphelops proterus Cope |
| 1926 | Teleoceras proterus Allen |
| 1930 | Teleoceras proterus Simpson |
| 1987 | Teleoceras proterum Prothero and Manning |
| 2005 | Teleoceras proterum Prothero p. 117 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Teleoceras proterum Leidy 1885
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Invalid names: Eusyodon maximus Leidy 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Teleoceras fossiger (18554) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | Teleoceras proterum (18505) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Teleoceras proterum (18560 18563) | |
| early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Teleoceras proterum (18539) |