Megacerops copei Osborn 1908 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combination: Symborodon copei

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New or little known titanotheres from the Eocene and Oligocene. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(32):599-617

Belongs to Megacerops according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Mader 1989, Mader 1998 and Osborn 1908

Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Brontops dispar, Brontops validus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus torvus, Titanotherium proutii, Menops marshi, Menops serotinus, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops varians, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Allops crassicornus, Teleodus avus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megacerops copei in the database

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