Teleoceras

Teleoceras (Greek: "perfect" (teleos), "horn" (keratos)) is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid. It lived in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs during the Hemingfordian to the end of Hemphillian from around 17.5 to 4.9 million years ago. It grew up to lengths of 13 feet (4.0 meters) long).

Teleoceras
Temporal range: Barstovian-Hemphillian
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Specimen at the Natural History Museum of LA
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: †Aceratheriinae
Genus: †Teleoceras
Hatcher, 1894
Type species
†Teleoceras major
Species
  • †T. aepysoma
  • †T. aginense
  • †T. americanum
  • †T. brachyrhinum
  • †T. hicksi
  • †T. fossiger
  • †T. guymonense
  • †T. major
  • †T. medicornutum
  • †T. meridianum
  • †T. proterum
Synonyms
  • †Mesoceras (Cook, 1930)
  • †Paraphelops Lane, 1927
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