Floridaceras
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It is catalogued under topics including Fossil taxa described in 1964, Miocene mammals of North America and Miocene rhinoceroses.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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Floridaceras is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the Miocene epoch (early Hemingfordian), endemic to North America, living from around ~20.6–16.3 Ma, existing for approximately .
==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).
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