Brontotherium dolichoceras Scott and Osborn 1887 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Menodus dolichoceras, Titanotherium dolichoceras

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary account of the fossil mammals from the White River formation contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 13(5):151-171

Belongs to Brontotherium according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896 and Scott and Osborn 1887

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brontotherium dolichoceras in the database

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