Temporal range: Middle Miocene – Early Pliocene, 17.5–4.5 Ma
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Skeleton in Nebraska State Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:
†Aceratheriinae
Genus:
†Aphelops Owen, 1845
Type species
†Aphelops megalodus
Cope, 1873 (as Aceratherium megalodum)
Species
A. malacorhinus Cope, 1878
A. megalodus Cope, 1873
A. mutilus Matthew, 1924
Aphelops (Greek: "smooth" (apheles), "face" (ops), in a reference of lacking a horn[1]) is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotids endemic to North America. It lived from the Middle Miocene to the early Pliocene, during which it was a common component of North American mammalian faunas along with Teleoceras.[2]
^"Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
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behaviour: young male Aphelops perhaps died less frequently from fighting, and used different kinds of ritualistic displays. Aphelops were probably not completely...
suckle from its mother. Teleoceras went extinct in North America alongside Aphelops at the end of the Hemphillian, most likely due to rapid climate cooling...
from 33.9 to 3.4 Ma †Acerorhinus 13.6–7.0 Ma †Alicornops 13.7–5.3 Ma †Aphelops 20.43–5.33 Ma †Chilotheridium 23.0–11.6 Ma †Chilotherium 13.7–3.4 Ma †Floridaceras...
PMC 3271923. PMID 22203974. Wang, Bian; Secord, Ross (2020). "Paleoecology of Aphelops and Teleoceras (Rhinocerotidae) through an interval of changing climate...
Nannippus, the peccary Prosthennops and rhinoceroses like Teleoceras and Aphelops. At the Optima fossil site in Oklahoma isotopic analysis suggest a high...
northwesternmost example found thus far of Aphelops. This is also the only confirmed specimen of Aphelops in Washington. Earth sciences portal United...
Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Aphelops A. sp. Fragment of skull (USNM 187123). A rhinoceros. Tylocephalonyx T. sp. Iron Mountain Bed, Lincoln...
rhino Teleoceras.: 189 During the middle Pliocene. Nebraska was home to Aphelops and Diceratherium, the latter being preserved in Banner County. Roughly...
†Anchiblarinella wakeeneyensis – type locality for species †Aphelops †Aphelops malacorhinus †Aphelops mutilus Aplodinotus †Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified...
the Dove Spring Formation Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Aphelops A. sp. Kern County, California. A rhinoceros. Cormohipparion C. occidentale...
Jame et al. (2019). A study on the abundance of members of the genera Aphelops and Teleoceras from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene of the Great Plains...
†Apatemys †Apatemys downsi – or unidentified related form †Aphelops †Aphelops megalodus †Aphelops mutilus – type locality for species †Apletotomeus †Apletotomeus...