Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Megacerops avus, Titanotherium avum
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1890. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science 39:523-525
Belongs to Teleodus according to O. C. Marsh 1890
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lucas and Schoch 1982, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1929 and Scott 1945
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 crassicornis, Menops bakeri, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Titanops medius, Titanotherium proutii, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus tichoceras, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus heloceras, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Diploclonus amplus, Allops crassicornus, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops robustus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops dispar, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops validus
Type specimen: Its type locality is 5 miles west of Cheyenne River midway bn. French & Battle Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial marl in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at 5 miles west of Cheyenne River midway bn. French & Battle Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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