Brontops brachycephalus Osborn 1902 (brontothere)

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, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Teleodus avus, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Diploclonus amplus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops validus, Brontops robustus, Brontops selwynianus, Allops crassicornus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus torvus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Titanops medius, Titanotherium proutii

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

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