Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megaceratops acer, Symborodon acer, Titanotherium acer
Synonyms: Symborodon altirostris Cope 1873, Titanotherium altirostris Cope 1873
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Second notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 15:1-6
Belongs to Megacerops according to H. F. Osborn 1929
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896 and Osborn 1902
Sister taxa: Megacerops angustigenis, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Allops crassicornus, Allops marshi, Haplacodon, Brontotherium tichoceras, Brontotherium dolichoceras, Brontotherium medium, Brontotherium ramosum, Brontotherium rumelicum, Brontotherium hypoceras, Teleodus avus, Menodus giganteus, Menodus proutii, Eotherium, Menodus torvus, Menodus varians, Menodus montanus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus trigonoceras, Diploclonus bicornutus, Diploclonus tyleri, Diploclonus selwynianus, Menops serotinus, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops robustus, Brontops amplus, Brontops dispar
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Horsetail Creek (Eocene of Colorado)
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