| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops : Aceratherium megalodum |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops : Aceratherium megalodum |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Aceratherium |
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| Scientific Name | Aceratherium megalodum (Cope, 1873) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Aphelops megalodus | species | belongs to Aceratherium | stated without evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Aphelops megalodus | species | belongs to Aphelops | stated without evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Aphelops megalodus | species | belongs to Aphelops | stated with evidence | Prothero and Manning, 1987 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser (based on Aphelops) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. D. Matthew. 1932. A Review of the Rhinoceroses with a Description of Aphelops Material from the Pliocene of Texas. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 20(12):1-3 |
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| Matthew W. D. (1932) A Review of the Rhinoceroses with a Description of Aphelops Material from the Pliocene of Texas, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 20 12, 1-3 |
| Cope E. D. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873, Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract) |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Galbreath E. C. (1953) A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4, 1-120 |
| Prothero D. R., Manning E. M. (1987) Miocene rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, Journal of Paleontology 61 2, 388-423 |
| 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 |
Aceratherium megalodum ✝
