Menops crassicornis Marsh 1891 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Allops crassicornis, Megacerops crassicornis, Menodus crassicornis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1891. Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42:265-269

Belongs to Menops according to B. J. Mader 1998

See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Hay 1902, Mader 1989 and Marsh 1891

Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus heloceras, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus torvus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops validus, Brontops dispar, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops brachycephalus, Allops crassicornus, Diploclonus amplus, Titanotherium proutii, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Menops marshi, Menops bakeri, Menops varians, Menops walcotti, Menops serotinus, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Menops crassicornis in the database

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