Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combination: Megacerops brachycephalus
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1902. The four phyla of Oligocene titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(8):91-109
Belongs to Brontops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Osborn 1902 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, Diploclonus amplus, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Teleodus avus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops validus, Brontops dispar, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Titanotherium proutii, Menodus heloceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus hypoceras, Allops crassicornus, Titanops medius, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops marshi, Menops crassicornis, Menops serotinus, Menops varians
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quinn Draw (Lower Titanotherium Beds), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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