†Mesatirhinus Osborn 1908 (brontothere)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New or little known titanotheres from the Eocene and Oligocene. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(32):599-617
Parent taxon: Dolichorhininae according to B. J. Mader 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Mader 1998, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1908, Osborn 1914, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Riggs 1912
Sister taxa: Sphenocoelus, Fossendorhinus
Subtaxa: Mesatirhinus junius Mesatirhinus megarhinus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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