Metatelmatherium ultimum Osborn 1908 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combination: Telmatherium ultimum

Synonym: Manteoceras uintensis Douglass 1909

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 Metatelmatherium according to B. J. Mader 2008

See also Douglass 1909, Granger and Gregory 1943, Mader 1989, Mihlbachler 2008 and Osborn 1908

Sister taxa: Metatelmatherium cristatum, Metatelmatherium lahirii, Metatelmatherium parvum

Type specimens:

  • Metatelmatherium ultimum: Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah
  • Manteoceras uintensis:

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Kennedy's Hole

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