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 assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Teleodus avus, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Diploclonus amplus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops validus, Brontops robustus, Brontops selwynianus, Allops crassicornus, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus torvus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Titanops medius, Titanotherium proutii

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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