Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Brontotherium curtum, Titanops curtus, Titanotherium curtum
Synonym: Menodus peltoceras Cope 1891
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. Notice of new fossil mammals. American Journal of Science 34(202):323-331
Belongs to Megacerops according to B. J. Mader 1998
See also Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Mader 1989, Mader and Alexander 1995, Marsh 1887, Osborn 1896, Osborn 1902 and Osborn 1929
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops elatus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Brontops bicornutus, Brontops selwynianus, Brontops tyleri, Brontops robustus, Brontops validus, Brontops brachycephalus, Brontops dispar, Symborodon trigonoceras, Symborodon ophryas, Anisacodon montanus, Titanotherium proutii, Allops crassicornus, Diploclonus amplus, Menodus hypoceras, Menodus heloceras, Menodus angustigenis, Menodus dolichoceras, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus tichoceras, Teleodus avus, Titanops medius, Menops serotinus, Menops marshi, Menops varians, Menops walcotti, Menops crassicornis, Menops bakeri
Distribution: found only at Peanut Peak (Eocene of South Dakota)
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