Aphelops

Aphelops
Temporal range: Middle Miocene – Early Pliocene, 17.5–4.5 Ma
Skeleton in Nebraska State Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference wang2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).