Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Fossendorhinus diploconus, Rhadinorhinus diploconum, Telmatherium diploconum, Telmatotherium diploconum
Synonym: Rhadinorhinus abbotti Riggs 1912
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1895. Fossil mammals of the Uinta Basin. Expedition of 1894. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(2):71-105
Belongs to Metarhinus according to B. J. Mader 2008
See also Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1895, Osborn 1908, Osborn 1929 and Riggs 1912
Sister taxa: Metarhinus abbotti, Metarhinus cristatus, Metarhinus earlei, Metarhinus fluviatilis, Metarhinus pater, Telmatherium accola, Telmatherium advocata, Heterotitanops parvus
Type specimens:
- Metarhinus diploconus: AMNH 1863, a skull (skull (No1863) in which the nasals are wanting and the mid-region of the cranium was crushed).
- Rhadinorhinus abbotti: FMNH 12179. Its type locality is White River (Upper Uinta B1), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Distribution: found only at White River (Upper Uinta B1) (Eocene of Utah)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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