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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Symborodon : Megaceratops heloceras |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Megacerops : Megaceratops heloceras |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Megaceratops |
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| Scientific Name | Megaceratops heloceras (Cope, 1873) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Megaceratops | stated without evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Symborodon | stated without evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Symborodon | stated with evidence | Cope, 1875 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Titanotherium | stated without evidence | Osborn, 1896 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Symborodon | stated without evidence | Osborn, 1902 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Titanotherium | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Menodus | stated without evidence | Osborn, 1929 | | Symborodon heloceras | species | belongs to Menops | stated without evidence | Mader, 1989 |
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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) | H. F. Osborn. 1902. The four phyla of Oligocene titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(8):91-109 |
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| Osborn H. F. (1902) The four phyla of Oligocene titanotheres, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16 8, 91-109 |
| Cope E. D. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873, Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract) |
| Cope E. D. Report on the vertebrate paleontology of Colorado, Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1873, 427-533 |
| 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. (1929) New Eurasiatic and American proboscideans, American Museum Novitates 393, 1-22 |
| Emry R. J. (1975) Revised Tertiary Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Western Beaver Divide, Fremont County, Wyoming, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 25 |
| 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 |
Megaceratops heloceras ✝
