Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Palaeotherium proutii, Titanotherium proutii
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1850. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 17th, 1850]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1):121-122
Belongs to Menodus according to H. F. Osborn 1929
See also Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Leidy 1850, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1856, Leidy 1857, Mader 1989, Mader 1998 and Osborn 1929
Sister taxa: Megacerops acer, Megacerops angustigenis, Megacerops assiniboiensis, Megacerops bucco, Megacerops coloradensis, Megacerops copei, Megacerops curtus, Megacerops kuwagatarhinus, Megacerops osborni, Megacerops riggsi, Megacerops syceras, Allops crassicornus, Haplacodon, Allops marshi, Diploclonus selwynianus, Diploclonus tyleri, Diploclonus bicornutus, Menops serotinus, Menops walcotti, Menops bakeri, Menops crassicornis, Teleodus avus, Brontops dispar, Brontops robustus, Brontops amplus, Brontops brachycephalus, Menodus montanus, Menodus giganteus, Menodus torvus, Menodus varians, Menodus trigonoceras, Eotherium, Menodus heloceras, Brontotherium dolichoceras, Brontotherium ramosum, Brontotherium hypoceras, Brontotherium rumelicum, Brontotherium tichoceras, Brontotherium medium
Distribution: found only at Conglomerate Creek (Eocene of Saskatchewan)
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