Megacerops kuwagatarhinus Mader and Alexander 1995 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: B. J. Mader and J. P. Alexander. 1995. Megacerops kuwagatarhinus n. sp., an Unusual Brontothere (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) with Distally Forked Horns. Journal of Paleontology 69(3):581-587

Belongs to Megacerops according to M. C. Mihlbachler et al. 2004

See also Mader and Alexander 1995

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Capitol Rock (Lower), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Montana

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (2: Colorado, Montana)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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