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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Brontops : Brontops dispar |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Megacerops : Brontops dispar |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Brontops |
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Scientific Name | Brontops dispar (Marsh, 1887) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Brontops dispar | species | belongs to Brontops | stated without evidence | Marsh, 1887 | Brontops dispar | species | belongs to Titanotherium | stated without evidence | Osborn and Wortman, 1895 | Brontops dispar | species | belongs to Megacerops | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | Brontops dispar | species | belongs to Brontops | stated without evidence | Osborn, 1929 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | browser (based on Brontotheriidae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. C. Marsh. 1887. Notice of new fossil mammals. American Journal of Science 34(202):323-331 |
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Marsh O. C. Notice of new fossil mammals, American Journal of Science 34 202, 323-331 |
Osborn H. F., Wortman J. L. Perissodactyls of the Lower Miocene White River beds, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7 12, 343-375 |
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
Osborn H. F. (1902) The four phyla of Oligocene titanotheres, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16 8, 91-109 |
Osborn H. F. (1929) New Eurasiatic and American proboscideans, American Museum Novitates 393, 1-22 |
Mader B. J. (1989) The Brontotheriidae: A Systematic Revision and Preliminary Phylogeny of North American Genera, The Evolution of Perissodactyls |
Mader B. J. (1998) Brontotheriidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 525-536 |