Teleoceras aepysoma

Tapiridae and Teleoceras aepysoma

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamilia: †Aceratheriinae
Tribus: †Teleoceratini
Genus: †Teleoceras
Species: †Teleoceras aepysoma

Name

Teleoceras aepysoma Short, Wallace & Emmert, 2019: 189

Holotype: ETMNH 609

Type locality: "Gray Fossil Site, Gray, Washington County, Tennessee, USA".

Etymology: "'Aepy,' Greek for high or tall, and 'soma,' Greek for body" [Short et al., 193]

References

Primary 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.