Aphelops
| Aphelops | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| Inferred range of Aphelops | |
Aphelops (Greek: "smooth" (apheles), "face" (ops), in a reference of lacking a horn) 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.