Megacerops copei Osborn 1908 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combination: Symborodon copei

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New or little known titanotheres from the Eocene and Oligocene. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(32):599-617

Belongs to Megacerops according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Mader 1989, Mader 1998 and Osborn 1908

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megacerops copei in the database

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