Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combination: Menodus bakeri
Full reference: J. W. Stovall. 1948. Chadron vertebrate fossils from below the Rim Rock of Presidio County, Texas. American Journal of Science 246(2):75-95
Belongs to Menops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Mader 1989 and Stovall 1948
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Brontops dispar, Brontops validus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus torvus, Titanotherium proutii, Menops marshi, Menops serotinus, Menops crassicornis, Menops walcotti, Menops varians, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Allops crassicornus, Teleodus avus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Big Red Horizon (Main Fossil Level), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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