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Teletaceras mortivallis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Eotrigonias mortivallis was named by Stock (1949). Its type locality is Titus Canyon, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Titus Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Hyracodon mortivallis by Wood (1963); it was recombined as Teletaceras mortivallis by Hanson (1989), Prothero (1998) and Prothero (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Eotrigonias mortivallis Stock
1963Hyracodon mortivallis Wood
1989Teletaceras mortivallis Hanson
1998Teletaceras mortivallis Prothero
2005Teletaceras mortivallis Prothero p. 28

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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
genusTeletaceras
speciesmortivallis()

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