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, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Allops crassicornus, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops serotinus, Menops varians, Menops marshi, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus torvus
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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