Symborodon trigonoceras Cope 1873 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Menodus trigonoceras, Menops trigonoceras, Titanotherium trigonoceras

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)

Belongs to Symborodon according to E. D. Cope 1873

See also Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader 1998, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1929 and Scott and Osborn 1887

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Symborodon trigonoceras in the database

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