| Aphelops | |
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| A restoration of Aphelops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aceratheriinae |
| Genus: | †Aphelops Owen, 1845 |
Aphelops is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros endemic to North America during the Miocene through the Pliocene, living from about 16.0-0.3 mya, existing for approximately 15.7 million years.[1]
Taxonomy[]
Aphelops was named by Owen (1845) with species attributed to Cope 1873 and Cope 1874. It was assigned to Aceratheriinae by Prothero (1998); and to Rhinocerotidae by Owen (1845), Carroll (1988) and Hulbert and Whitmore (2006).