Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Brontotherium robustum, Megacerops robustus, Menodus robustus, Titanotherium robustum
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 Clark and Beerbower 1967, 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, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops dispar, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Titanotherium proutii, Allops crassicornus, Diploclonus amplus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus heloceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus tichoceras, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Menops serotinus, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Peanut Peak
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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