Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megaceratops coloradoensis, Menodus coloradensis, Titanotherium coloradense
Synonyms: Brontotherium gigas Marsh 1873, Brontotherium hatcheri Osborn 1908, Brontotherium ingens Marsh 1874, Brontotherium leidyi Osborn 1902, Brontotherium platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Brontotherium ramosum Osborn 1896, Megacerops hatcheri Osborn 1908, Megacerops platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Menodus platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Titanotherium gigas Marsh 1873, Titanotherium ingens Marsh 1874, Titanotherium platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Titanotherium ramosum Osborn 1896
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, January 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):1-2
Belongs to Megacerops according to M. C. Mihlbachler et al. 2004
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1874, Hay 1902, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Mader and Alexander 1995, Marsh 1873, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1908, Osborn 1929 and Scott and Osborn 1887
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Teleodus avus, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Diploclonus amplus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops validus, Brontops robustus, Brontops selwynianus, Allops crassicornus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus torvus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Titanops medius, Titanotherium proutii
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Indian Creek (Middle Titanotherium Beds) (Eocene of South Dakota)
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