Floridaceras

Floridaceras; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:	Aceratheriinae
Genus:	Floridaceras; Wood, 1964
Species
	F. whitei;

Floridaceras is an extinct genus of Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceros) of the Miocene epoch, endemic to North America, living from around ~20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately 4.3 million years.

Taxonomy

Floridaceras was named by Wood (1964). Its type is Floridaceras whitei. It was assigned to Rhinocerotidae by Wood (1964) and Carroll (1988); and to Aceratheriinae by Prothero (1998).^[1]

Fossil distribution

The only site known is the Thomas Farm Site in Gilchrist County, Florida, ~20.6—16.3 Ma.^[2]

Sources

^ D. R. Prothero. 1998. Rhinocerotidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 595-605
^ T. E. White. 1942. The Lower Miocene mammal fauna of Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92(1):1-49

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[1] D. R. Prothero. 1998. Rhinocerotidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 595-605

[2] T. E. White. 1942. The Lower Miocene mammal fauna of Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92(1):1-49

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