Symborodon ophryas Cope 1873

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Brontotherium ophryas, Miobasileus ophryas, Titanotherium ophryas

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Second notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 15:1-6

Belongs to Symborodon according to E. D. Cope 1875

See also Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Hay 1902, Osborn 1896 and Osborn 1929

Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Diploclonus amplus, 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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Symborodon ophryas in the database

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