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Peraceras superciliosus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Peraceras superciliosus was named by Cope (1880) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 8380, a skull (a nearly perfect skull, which lacks the lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Peraceras.

It was recombined as Aphelops superciliosus by Hay (1902); it was corrected as Peraceras superciliosum by Prothero (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Peraceras superciliosus Cope p. 540
1902Aphelops superciliosus Hay p. 646
1918Peraceras superciliosus Matthew p. 207
1918Peraceras troxelli Matthew p. 208 figs. Plates VI-IX
2005Peraceras superciliosum Prothero p. 91

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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
speciessuperciliosus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available