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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

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

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