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Teleoceras hicksi

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Teleoceras hicksi was named by Cook (1927). Its type specimen is DMNS 304, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Teleoceras hicksi Cook
1927Paraphelops rooksensis Lane p. 300
1930Paraphelops yumensis Cook
1930Peraceras ponderis Cook
1930Paraphelops yumensis Cook p. 44
1930Peraceras ponderis Cook p. 45
1932Teleoceras yumensis Matthew
1956Teleoceras yumensis Frye et al.
1975Teleoceras schultzi Tanner
1980Teleoceras ocotensis Dalquest and Mooser p. 5
2005Teleoceras hicksi Prothero p. 119
2008Teleoceras hicksi Webb et al.
2012Teleoceras hicksi Gustafson

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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
specieshicksi

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 hicksi Cook 1927
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Invalid names: Paraphelops rooksensis Lane 1927 [synonym], Peraceras ponderis Cook 1930 [synonym], Teleoceras ocotensis Dalquest and Mooser 1980 [synonym], Teleoceras schultzi Tanner 1975 [synonym], Teleoceras yumensis Cook 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Dalquest and O. Mooser 1980 (Teleoceras ocotensis)A large Teleoceras with large upper lateral incisor, hypsodont cheek teeth, upper first premolar present, median valley of upper cheek teeth closed to form isolated or nearly isolated lakes at early age, cingula strongly developed on upper teeth