Menodus tichoceras Scott and Osborn 1887 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Brontotherium tichoceras, Titanotherium tichoceras

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary account of the fossil mammals from the White River formation contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 13(5):151-171

Belongs to Menodus according to W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn 1887

See also Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896 and Osborn 1929

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, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Diploclonus amplus, Menops crassicornis, Menops marshi, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops varians, Menops serotinus, Titanotherium proutii, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus giganteus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus angustigenis, Teleodus avus, Brontops robustus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops validus, Brontops dispar, Titanops medius

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Menodus tichoceras in the database

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