Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megaceratops helocerus, Menops heloceras, Symborodon heloceras, Titanotherium heloceras
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Second notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 15:1-6
Belongs to Menodus according to H. F. Osborn 1929
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Emry 1975, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896 and Osborn 1902
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, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus hypoceras, Allops crassicornus, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Titanops medius, Teleodus avus, Menops walcotti, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops crassicornis, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops dispar, Brontops validus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops robustus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops tyleri
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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