Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Limnohyops fontinalis, Limnohyus fontinalis
Synonym: Eometarhinus huerfanensis Osborn 1919
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. On the new perissodactyles from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-2
Belongs to Palaeosyops according to B. J. Mader 2010
See also Cope 1873, Earle 1891, Gunnell and Yarborough 2000, Mader 1998, Osborn 1919, Osborn 1929 and Robinson 1966
Sister taxa: Palaeosyops junius, Palaeosyops manteoceras, Palaeosyops paludosus, Palaeosyops robustus, Palaeosyops ultimus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (38: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences
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