Brontops bicornutus Osborn 1902

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Diploclonus bicornutus, Megacerops bicornutus

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1902. The four phyla of Oligocene titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(8):91-109

Belongs to Brontops according to B. J. Mader 1998

See also Mader 1989, Mader and Alexander 1995, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1929 and Scott 1941

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quinn Draw (Middle Titanotherium Beds), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota

Distribution: found only at Quinn Draw (Middle Titanotherium Beds)

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