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Teleoceras proterum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros proterus was named by Leidy (1885) [said by Allen 1926 to originally have been assigned to Aphelops]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aphelops proterus by Cope (1892); it was synonymized subjectively with Aphelops fossiger by Leidy and Lucas (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Teleoceras fossiger by Hay (1902) and Osborn (1904); it was recombined as Teleoceras proterus by Allen (1926) and Simpson (1930); it was recombined as Teleoceras proterum by Prothero and Manning (1987) and Prothero (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Rhinoceros proterus Leidy p. 33
1886Eusyodon maximus Leidy
1892Aphelops proterus Cope
1926Teleoceras proterus Allen
1930Teleoceras proterus Simpson
1987Teleoceras proterum Prothero and Manning
2005Teleoceras proterum Prothero p. 117

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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
speciesproterum()

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 proterum Leidy 1885
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Invalid names: Eusyodon maximus Leidy 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available