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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

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

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