Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Synonyms: Dolichorhinus blairi Cook 1926, Dolichorhinus bridgeri Cook 1926, Dolichorhinus harundivoras Cook 1926, Sphenocoelus blairi Cook 1926, Sphenocoelus bridgeri Cook 1926, Sphenocoelus harundivoras Cook 1926, Sphenocoelus harundivorax Cook 1926, Tanyorhinus blairi Cook 1926, Tanyorhinus bridgeri Cook 1926, Tanyorhinus harundivorax Cook 1926
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1895. Fossil mammals of the Uinta Basin. Expedition of 1894. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(2):71-105
Belongs to Sphenocoelus according to B. J. Mader 2008
See also Hay 1902, Mader 1998, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1895 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Sphenocoelus hyognathus, Sphenocoelus intermedius, Dolichorhinus vallidens
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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