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, Brontotherium medium, Brontotherium dolichoceras, Brontotherium rumelicum, Brontotherium tichoceras, Brontotherium ramosum, Brontotherium hypoceras, Diploclonus tyleri, Diploclonus selwynianus, Diploclonus bicornutus, Brontops dispar, Brontops robustus, Brontops amplus, Brontops brachycephalus, Teleodus avus, Menops walcotti, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops crassicornis, Menodus montanus, Eotherium, Menodus varians, Menodus trigonoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus proutii, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Haplacodon, Allops crassicornus, Allops marshi

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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