Megacerops

Megacerops
Temporal range: Late Eocene (Priabonian), 38–33.9 Ma
Mounted skeleton, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Brontotheriidae
Subfamily: Brontotheriinae
Tribe: Brontotheriini
Subtribe: Brontotheriina
Infratribe: Brontotheriita
Genus: Megacerops
Leidy, 1870
Species
  • M. coloradensis Leidy, 1870 (type species)
  • M. kuwagatarhinus Mader and Alexander, 1995
Synonyms
  • Brontotherium Cope, 1873
  • Brontops
  • Menodus
  • Titanotherium
  • Ateleodon
  • Oreinotherium

Megacerops ("large-horned face", from méga- "large" + kéras "horn" + ōps "face") is an extinct genus of the prehistoric odd-toed ungulate (hoofed mammal) family Brontotheriidae, an extinct group of rhinoceros-like browsers related to horses. It was endemic to North America during the Late Eocene epoch (38–33.9 mya), existing for approximately 4.1 million years.[1]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Megacerops".