Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Synonyms: Dolichorhinoides Granger and Gregory 1943, Dolichorhinus Hatcher 1895, Tanyorhinus Cook 1926
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
Parent taxon: Dolichorhininae according to B. J. Mader 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Granger and Gregory 1943, Hay 1902, Mader 1998, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1914, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Riggs 1912, Scott 1913 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Mesatirhinus, Fossendorhinus
Subtaxa: Dolichorhinus vallidens Sphenocoelus hyognathus Sphenocoelus intermedius Sphenocoelus uintensis
Type: Sphenocoelus uintensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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