Symborodon ophryas Cope 1873

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, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Titanotherium proutii, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Diploclonus amplus, Allops crassicornus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops validus

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Symborodon ophryas in the database

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