Diploclonus amplus Marsh 1890 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Allops amplus, Brontops amplus, Megacerops amplus, Menodus amplus, Titanotherium amplum

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1890. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science 39:523-525

Belongs to Diploclonus according to O. C. Marsh 1890

See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1929 and Scott 1941

Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Titanotherium proutii, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Allops crassicornus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops validus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diploclonus amplus in the database

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