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

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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