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Aphelops ✝

Description

Aphelops is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros endemic to North America. It lived from the Middle Miocene to the Pleistocene, living from 16.0—0.3 mya.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelops, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8592914https://www.gbif.org/species/8592914
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43190https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43190
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderPerissodactyla
-Tapiromorpha
-Ceratomorpha
superfamilyRhinocerotoideaGray 1821
familyRhinocerotidaeGray 1821
subfamilyAceratheriinaeDollo 1885
genusAphelopsOwen 1845
Scientific NameAphelops Owen, 1845
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to Rhinocerotidaestated without evidenceOwen, 1845
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to Elasmotheriinaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to RhinocerotidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to Aceratheriinaestated without evidenceProthero and Schoch, 1989
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to Aceratheriinaestated with evidenceProthero, 1998
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to Rhinocerotidaestated without evidenceHulbert and Whitmore, 2006
Aphelopsgenusbelongs to Aceratheriinaestated with evidenceGustafson, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser
Ecospace Commentsbrowser based on stable isotopes (MacFadden and Cerling 1996)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelops

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aceratherium megalodum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		9823.0 Ma
Miocene		1.80 Ma
Pleistocene
Aphelops cristalatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Aphelops malacorhinus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1423.0 Ma
Miocene		10.3 Ma
Miocene
Aphelops mutilus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2113.6 Ma
Miocene		10.3 Ma
Miocene
Rhinoceros longipes ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Aphelops jemezanus Cope, 1875GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops : Aphelops jemezanus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1845Aphelops Owen
1875Aphelops jemezanus Cope p. 4
1877Aphelops jemezanus Cope
1881Aphelops Cope p. 393
1902Aphelops Hay p. 645
1902Aphelops jemezanus Hay p. 646
YearName and Author
1988Aphelops Carroll
1989Aphelops Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1998Aphelops Prothero p. 600
2005Aphelops Prothero p. 71
2006Aphelops Hulbert and Whitmore p. 18
2012Aphelops Gustafson

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Cope E. D. Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, June 8th and 15th, 1875, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (separate), 1-8
Cope E. D. The systematic arrangement of the Order Perissodactyla, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 19 108, 377-401
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Prothero D. R., Schoch R. M. (1989) Classification of the Perissodactyla, The Evolution of Perissodactyla, 530-537
Prothero D. R. (1998) Rhinocerotidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 595-605
Prothero D. R. (2005) The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses, 1-218
Hulbert R. C., Whitmore F. C. (2006) Late Miocene mammals from the Mauvilla Local Fauna, Alabama, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 46 1, 1-28
Gustafson E. P. (2012) New records of rhinoceroses from the Ringold Formation of central Washington and the Hemphillian-Blancan boundary, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3, 727-731 doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.658481
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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