Menodus heloceras Cope 1873 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Megaceratops helocerus, Menops heloceras, Symborodon heloceras, Titanotherium heloceras

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Second notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 15:1-6

Belongs to Menodus according to H. F. Osborn 1929

See also Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Emry 1975, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896 and Osborn 1902

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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