Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megacerops dispar, Titanotherium dispar
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. Notice of new fossil mammals. American Journal of Science 34(202):323-331
Belongs to Brontops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Marsh 1887, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1929 and Osborn and Wortman 1895
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops tyleri, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Allops crassicornus, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops serotinus, Menops varians, Menops marshi, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus torvus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Warbonnet Creek (Chadron), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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