Teleoceras

Teleoceras major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamilia: †Aceratheriinae
Tribus: †Teleoceratini
Genus: †Teleoceras
Species: †T. aepysoma – †T. americanum – †T. brachyrhinum – †T. fossiger – †T. guymonense – †T. hicksi – †T. major – †T. medicornutum – †T. meridianum – †T. proterum

Name

Teleoceras Hatcher, 1894: 149

Type species: Teleoceras major [by monotypy]

Etymology: "in reference to the position of the horn on the end of the nasals" [Hatcher, 1894: 149]

References

Primary references

• Hatcher, J.B. 1894. A median horned rhinoceros from the Loup Fork beds of Nebraska. The American Geologist 13(3): 149–150. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Short, R.A., Wallace, S.C. & Emmert, L.G. 2019. A new species of Teleoceras (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the Late Hemphillian of Tennessee. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 56(5): 183–260. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: テレオケラス属

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