Titanotherium proutii Leidy 1850 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Menodus proutii, Palaeotherium proutii

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1850. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 17th, 1850]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1):121-122

Belongs to Titanotherium according to J. Leidy 1853

See also Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Leidy 1850, Leidy 1856, Leidy 1857, Mader 1989, Mader 1998 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, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops serotinus, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Diploclonus amplus, 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: found only at Conglomerate Creek (Eocene of Saskatchewan)

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