Menops crassicornis Marsh 1891 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Allops crassicornis, Megacerops crassicornis, Menodus crassicornis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1891. Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42:265-269

Belongs to Menops according to B. J. Mader 1998

See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Hay 1902, Mader 1989 and Marsh 1891

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Menops crassicornis in the database

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