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Teleoceras meridianum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros meridianus was named by Leidy (1865).

It was recombined as Aphelops meridianus by Cope (1875), Dumble (1894), Hay (1902), Matthew (1918) and Wilson (1956); it was considered a nomen dubium by Matthew (1932); it was recombined as Teleoceras meridianum by Prothero and Manning (1987) and Prothero (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Rhinoceros meridianus Leidy p. 176
1875Aphelops meridianus Cope p. 991
1894Aphelops meridianus Dumble
1902Aphelops meridianus Hay p. 646
1909Teleoceras minor Olcott
1918Aphelops meridianus Matthew
1956Aphelops meridianus Wilson
1987Teleoceras meridianum Prothero and Manning
1999Teleoceras minor Mead
2005Teleoceras meridianum Prothero p. 111 figs. 4.36, 4.40

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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
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
speciesmeridianum()

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 meridianum Leidy 1865
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Invalid names: Teleoceras minor Olcott 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available