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Teleoceras fossiger

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aphelops fossiger was named by Cope (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Island Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Teleoceras fossiger by Osborn (1898), Hay (1902), Cope and Matthew (1915), Matthew (1918), Skinner et al. (1968), Prothero and Manning (1987) and Prothero (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Aphelops fossiger Cope p. 382
1887Aceratherium acutum Marsh
1890Aphelops fossiger Scott and Osborn p. 92
1894Aphelops fossiger Hatcher p. 241 fig. 1a
1896Aphelops fossiger Leidy and Lucas p. 41
1898Teleoceras fossiger Osborn
1902Teleoceras fossiger Hay p. 646
1915Teleoceras fossiger Cope and Matthew pp. Plate CXXXI
1918Teleoceras fossiger Matthew
1968Teleoceras fossiger Skinner et al.
1987Teleoceras fossiger Prothero and Manning
2005Teleoceras fossiger Prothero p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
subtribeTeleoceratina(Hay 1902)
genusTeleoceras
speciesfossiger()

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 fossiger Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Aceratherium acutum Marsh 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:13:50
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:32:14
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Prothero 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Blancan or 11.60800 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Teleoceras fossiger (18841 18858)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Mexico) Teleoceras fossiger (19337)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Teleoceras fossiger (19089)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Kansas) Teleoceras fossiger (110829)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Kansas) Teleoceras fossiger (18462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Aphelops fossiger (216990)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Teleoceras fossiger (18034)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) Teleoceras fossiger (189788 189790 232513)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Teleoceras sp. (19095)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Teleoceras fossiger (type locality: 18237 18263 18497) Teleoceras major (18415)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Teleoceras sp. (18718)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Nayarit) Teleoceras fossiger (212338 212339)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Teleoceras fossiger (212307)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Teleoceras fossiger (18072 18198)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras fossiger (18158 18225) Teleoceras sp. (18441)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Teleoceras fossiger (19582)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Teleoceras fossiger (18713)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Teleoceras fossiger (75859)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras sp. (18126)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Teleoceras fossiger (218109 218111)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) Teleoceras fossiger (20079)