Megacerops bucco Cope 1873

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Brontotherium bucco, Symborodon bucco, Titanotherium bucco

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)

Belongs to Megacerops according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Cope 1873, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998 and Osborn 1896

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

Distribution: found only at Horsetail Creek (Eocene of Colorado)

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