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Teleoceras meridianum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros meridianus was named by Leidy (1865).

It was recombined as Aphelops meridianus by Cope (1875), Dumble (1894), Hay (1902), Matthew (1918), Wilson (1956); it was considered a nomen dubium by Matthew (1932); it was recombined as Teleoceras meridianum by Prothero and Manning (1987), Prothero (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Rhinoceros meridianus Leidy p. 176
1875Aphelops meridianus Cope p. 991
1894Aphelops meridianus Dumble
1902Aphelops meridianus Hay p. 646
1909Teleoceras minor Olcott
1918Aphelops meridianus Matthew
1956Aphelops meridianus Wilson
1987Teleoceras meridianum Prothero and Manning
1999Teleoceras minor Mead
2005Teleoceras meridianum Prothero p. 111 figs. 4.36, 4.40

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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
—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
speciesmeridianum()

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 meridianum Leidy 1865
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Invalid names: Teleoceras minor Olcott 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:13:50
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:32:14
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Teleoceras meridianum (18644)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Aphelops meridianus (18650 18657) Aphelops sp. (18619) Rhinocerotidae indet. (18608 18627) Teleoceras meridianum (18637 18643 18646 18660 18673 18676 18696)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Teleoceras medicornutum (18192 18206 18284 18412)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Teleoceras meridianum (18661 18665)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Teleoceras meridianum (19323 19517)