Brontops robustus Marsh 1887 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Brontotherium robustum, Megacerops robustus, Menodus robustus, Titanotherium robustum

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

Belongs to Brontops according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Marsh 1887, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902 and Osborn and Wortman 1895

Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops angustigenis, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Menodus trigonoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus montanus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus proutii, Menodus varians, Eotherium, Diploclonus bicornutus, Diploclonus tyleri, Diploclonus selwynianus, Brontops amplus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops dispar, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops serotinus, Menops crassicornis, Haplacodon, Allops marshi, Allops crassicornus, Brontotherium hypoceras, Brontotherium ramosum, Brontotherium medium, Brontotherium tichoceras, Brontotherium rumelicum, Brontotherium dolichoceras, Teleodus avus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Peanut Peak

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