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<tr><th bgcolor="#CCCCCC">'''Mammalia'''</th></tr>
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*[[Domain]]: [[Eukarya]]
*[[Kingdom]]: [[Animalia]]
*[[Phylum]]: [[Chordata]]
*[[Subphylum]]: [[Vertebrata]]
*[[Infraphylum]]: [[Gnathostomata]]
*[[Class]]: '''[[Mammalia]]'''
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'''Order:'''
*[[Perissodactyla]] <br />
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'''Family'''
*[[Brontotheriidae]] [[extinction|†]]<br />
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'''Genus:'''
*'''''Brontops''''' †<br />
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'''Species:'''
*''B. robustus'' †<br /> (type species)
*''B. dispar'' †<br />
*''B. brachycephalus'' †<br />
*''B. selwynianus'' †<br />
*''B. amplus'' †<br />
*''B. tyleri'' †<br />
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Fossil_range:
Late [[Eocene]]
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'''''Brontops''''' ('thunder face') was an extinct genus of [[rhinoceros]]-like [[perissodactyl]] mammal.

''Brontops'' was a huge [[rhinoceros]]-like creature standing about 2.5 meters tall at the shoulder (a little over 8 feet). It looked similar to the better known ''[[Brontotherium]]'', differing in possessing a pair of knob-shaped, horn-like protrusions on its snout, instead of the typical slingshot-shaped horns of ''Brontotherium''.

Some authorities consider ''Brontops'' and ''Brontotherium'' to be sister genera, while a few place the species of ''Brontops'' within ''Brontotherium''. According to Mihlbachler et. al. 2005, ''Brontops'' was reassigned to the genus ''[[Megacerops]]''.

Partially healed [[rib]] fractures support the theory that males used these 'horns' to fight each other. No creature living in ''Brontops'''s time and area except another ''Brontops'' could have inflicted such an injury. The [[breathing]] movements prevented the fractures from completely healing.

== Links ==

Reconstruction of ''B. dispar'' [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/37299130/]

[[Category:Prehistoric mammals]]
[[Category:Eocene mammals]]
[[Category:Brontotheres]]

Brontops - Revision history

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