Teleoceras sp.

Smith, Kent S., Czaplewski, Nicholas J. & Coombs, Margery C., 2022, Ungulates of the middle Miocene Monarch Mill Formation, Churchill County, Nevada, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67 (1), pp. 239-256 : 249

Teleoceras sp.

Material.— OMNH 54980, tooth fragment; OMNH 54987, distal metapodial III; UCMP 83779, right P3 or P4 fragment; UCMP 120127, palate with left and right P1–M3, symphysis of dentary with left and right i2s; UCMP 141947-03, three phalanges; UCMP 141948-03, three phalanges; UCMP 141841, dentary fragment with fragmented cheek tooth. From localities OMNH V 977, UCMP V67245, V70141, V70142, V74103, Eastgate, Churchill County, Nevada, USA; Monarch Mill Formation, early Barstovian, middle Miocene.

Remarks.—At Eastgate, this rhinoceros is represented by a palate with a complete set of upper cheek teeth. Postcranial specimens are present as well. The upper molars have a diagnostic π-shaped pattern formed by the union of several lophs: protoloph, metaloph, and ectoloph ( Prothero 1998). These specimens were identified as belonging to Teleoceras sp. based on the presence of the i2 on the symphysis of the dentary ( UCMP 120127) and other characters listed by Prothero (1998). The upper cheek teeth are heavily worn and the postcranial material does not afford a specific identification.