Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Titanops elatus, Titanotherium elatum
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 Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Marsh 1887, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1929 and Osborn and Wortman 1895
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Allops crassicornus, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Menops marshi, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops bakeri, Menops crassicornis, Menops varians, Teleodus avus, Titanotherium proutii, Diploclonus amplus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus heloceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Titanops medius, Brontops robustus, Brontops dispar, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops selwynianus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megacerops elatus in the database
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