Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Brontotherium selwynianum, Diploclonus selwynianus, Megacerops selwynianus, Menodus selwynianus, Titanotherium selwynianus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. Vertebrata of the Swift Current River. No. III. The American Naturalist 23(271):628-629
Belongs to Brontops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Mader 1989, Osborn 1896, 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, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus hypoceras, Allops crassicornus, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Titanops medius, Teleodus avus, Menops walcotti, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops crassicornis, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops dispar, Brontops validus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops robustus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops tyleri
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Conglomerate Creek (Eocene of Saskatchewan)
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