Menops crassicornis Marsh 1891 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Allops crassicornis, Megacerops crassicornis, Menodus crassicornis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1891. Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42:265-269

Belongs to Menops according to B. J. Mader 1998

See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Hay 1902, Mader 1989 and Marsh 1891

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 marshi, Menops varians, Menops serotinus, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Diploclonus amplus, Titanotherium proutii, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus giganteus, Teleodus avus, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops dispar, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops tyleri, Titanops medius, Allops crassicornus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Menops crassicornis in the database

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