Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combination: Megacerops brachycephalus
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 Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Osborn 1902 and Osborn 1929
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Allops crassicornus, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops serotinus, Menops varians, Menops marshi, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus torvus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quinn Draw (Lower Titanotherium Beds), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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