Diplacodon emarginatus Hatcher 1895 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: J. B. Hatcher. 1895. On a New Species of Diplacodon, with a Discussion of the Relations of that Genus to Telmatotherium. The American Naturalist 29(348):1084-1090

Belongs to Diplacodon according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Hatcher 1895, Mader 1989, Mader 2000, Mader 2008, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1923, Osborn 1929, Peterson 1914 and Peterson 1934

Sister taxa: Diplacodon elatus, Diplacodon gigan

Type specimen: PU 11242, a skull. Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Kennedy's Hole

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