Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Symborodon torrus, Symborodon torvus, Titanotherium torvum
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 Clark and Beerbower 1967, Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998 and Osborn 1896
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Titanotherium proutii, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Diploclonus amplus, Allops crassicornus, Menops bakeri, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops serotinus, Menops varians, Menops marshi, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Menodus heloceras, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Horsetail Creek (Eocene of Colorado)
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