Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Brontotherium ophryas, Miobasileus ophryas, Titanotherium ophryas
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Second notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 15:1-6
Belongs to Symborodon according to E. D. Cope 1875
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Hay 1902, Osborn 1896 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, Titanotherium proutii, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Allops crassicornus, Titanops medius, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Teleodus avus, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops varians, Menops marshi, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Diploclonus amplus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Symborodon ophryas in the database
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