Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Allops marshi, Megacerops marshi
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1902. The four phyla of Oligocene titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(8):91-109
Belongs to Menops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Mader 1989, Osborn 1902 and Osborn 1929
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 bakeri, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops varians, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Diploclonus amplus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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