Brontops dispar Marsh 1887 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Megacerops dispar, Titanotherium dispar

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. Notice of new fossil mammals. American Journal of Science 34(202):323-331

Belongs to Brontops according to B. J. Mader 1998

See also Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Marsh 1887, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1929 and Osborn and Wortman 1895

Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Allops crassicornus, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Menops varians, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops marshi, Menops serotinus, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops tyleri, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus torvus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus hypoceras

Type specimen: Its type locality is Warbonnet Creek (Chadron), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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