Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megaceratops coloradoensis, Menodus coloradensis, Titanotherium coloradense
Synonyms: Brontotherium gigas Marsh 1873, Brontotherium hatcheri Osborn 1908, Brontotherium ingens Marsh 1874, Brontotherium leidyi Osborn 1902, Brontotherium platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Megacerops elatus Marsh 1887, Megacerops hatcheri Osborn 1908, Megacerops platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Menodus platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887, Titanops elatus Marsh 1887, Titanotherium elatum Marsh 1887, Titanotherium gigas Marsh 1873, Titanotherium ingens Marsh 1874, Titanotherium platyceras Scott and Osborn 1887
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, January 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):1-2
Belongs to Megacerops according to M. C. Mihlbachler et al. 2004
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1874, Hay 1902, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Mader and Alexander 1995, Marsh 1873, Marsh 1887, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1908, Osborn 1929, Osborn and Wortman 1895 and Scott and Osborn 1887
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops angustigenis, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, 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 Indian Creek (Middle Titanotherium Beds) (Eocene of South Dakota)
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