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Aphelops malacorhinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aphelops malacorhinus was named by Cope (1878) [also said to be 1878 - confirmed with 1878 ref (14502) by M. Carrano].

Subspecies
A. longinaris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Aphelops malacorhinus Cope pp. 383-384
1881Aphelops malacorhinus Cope
1896Aphelops malacorhinus Leidy and Lucas p. 45
1902Aphelops malacorhinus Hay p. 646
2005Aphelops malacorhinus Prothero pp. 78-79
2019Aphelops malacorhinus Albright et al. p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyAceratheriinaeDollo 1885
genusAphelopsOwen 1845
speciesmalacorhinus

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.

†Aphelops malacorhinus Cope 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available