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Menodus
Temporal range: EoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Brontotheriidae Genus: Menodus Species: M. giganteus Menodus giganteus ("Gigantic Crescent Tooth") is a species of brontothere. The best known specimen is a mounted skeleton in the Field Museum of Natural History.
According to one source [1], M. giganteus is merged into the genus Megacerops.
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.
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