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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

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

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