Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combination: Menodus bakeri
Full reference: J. W. Stovall. 1948. Chadron vertebrate fossils from below the Rim Rock of Presidio County, Texas. American Journal of Science 246(2):75-95
Belongs to Menops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Mader 1989 and Stovall 1948
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, Symborodon ophryas, Symborodon trigonoceras, Anisacodon montanus, Allops crassicornus, Titanops medius, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus giganteus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Teleodus avus, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops varians, Menops marshi, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Diploclonus amplus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Big Red Horizon (Main Fossil Level), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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