Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Alternative combinations: Diceratherium (Menoceras) barbouri, Diceratherium barbouri
Synonyms: Menoceras falkenbachi Tanner 1972, Menoceras marslandense Tanner 1969, Menoceras marslandensis Tanner 1969, Moschoedestes delahoensis Stevens et al. 1969
Full reference: H. E. Wood. 1964. Rhinoceroses from the Thomas Farm Miocene of Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130(5):363-386
Belongs to Menoceras according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Albright 1999, Prothero 1998, Prothero et al. 1989, Prothero and Manning 1987, Stevens et al. 1969, Tanner 1969, Tanner 1972 and Wood 1964
Sister taxon: Menoceras arikarense
Type specimens:
- Menoceras barbouri: M.C.Z. No. 4452, a partial skull (palate, basis cranii and occiput). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
- Menoceras falkenbachi: UNSM 1241.
- Menoceras marslandensis:
- Moschoedestes delahoensis: TMM 40694-2, a mandible. Its type locality is Castolon (TMM 40694), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Delaho Formation of Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), Panama (2), United States (26: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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