Megacerops angustigenis Cope 1886 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Haplacodon angustigenis, Menodus angustigenis, Titanotherium angustigenis

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1886. The Vertebrata of the Swift Current Creek region of the Cypress Hills. Annual Report, Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada (extract) 1885:1-7

Belongs to Megacerops according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Cope 1886, Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Osborn 1896 and Osborn 1902

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Conglomerate Creek (Eocene of Saskatchewan)

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