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, 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 Conglomerate Creek (Eocene of Saskatchewan)

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