Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Brontotherium curtum, Titanops curtus, Titanotherium curtum
Synonym: Menodus peltoceras Cope 1891
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. Notice of new fossil mammals. American Journal of Science 34(202):323-331
Belongs to Megacerops according to B. J. Mader and J. P. Alexander 1995
See also Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Marsh 1887, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902 and Osborn 1929
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops angustigenis, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Diploclonus bicornutus, Diploclonus selwynianus, Diploclonus tyleri, Brontotherium tichoceras, Brontotherium rumelicum, Brontotherium hypoceras, Brontotherium medium, Brontotherium ramosum, Brontotherium dolichoceras, Menodus montanus, Menodus torvus, Menodus trigonoceras, Eotherium, Menodus varians, Menodus heloceras, Menodus proutii, Menodus giganteus, Teleodus avus, Allops crassicornus, Allops marshi, Haplacodon, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops dispar, Brontops amplus, Brontops robustus, Menops crassicornis, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops bakeri
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Peanut Peak (Eocene of South Dakota)
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