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Peraceras hessei

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning
2005Peraceras hessei Prothero p. 88

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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
genusPeraceras
specieshessei

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.

†Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:12:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:12:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Peraceras hessei (18633 18644)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Peraceras hessei (19274 19519)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Aphelops sp. (18619 18650) Peraceras hessei (18607 18608 18618 18627 18646 18660)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Peraceras hessei (18661 18665 18674)