Megacerops

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iMegacerops
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Brontotheriidae Genus: Megacerops Leidy, 1870
Species
M. coloradensis (type) M. aoer M. curtus M. hatcheri M. kuwagatarhinus M. osborni M. platyceras

Megacerops ('large horn face') is an extinct genus of North American brontotheriid mammal. Males had two blunt horns on their snout.

According to 2004, Megacerops includes the species of the genera Menodus, Brontotherium, Brontops, Menops, Ateleodon, and Oreinotherium

[edit] References

• Mihlbachler, M.C. 2004. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University. 757 pp.

• Mihlbachler, M.C. , S.G. Lucas, and R.J, Emry. 2004a. The holotype specimen of Menodus giganteus, and the “insoluble” problem of Chadronian brontothere taxonomy. In S.G. Lucas, K. Zeigler, and P. E. Kondrashov (eds.), Paleogene Mammals. Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History 26: 129-136.