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<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<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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<tr><td>
'''Order:'''
*[[Perissodactyla]] <br />
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'''Family'''
*[[Brontotheriidae]] [[extinction|†]]<br />
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'''Genus:'''
*'''''Megacerops''''' †<br />
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'''Species:'''
*''M. coloradensis'' (type species)†<br />
*''M. aoer'' †<br />
*''M. curtus'' †<br />
*''M. hatcheri'' †<br />
*''M. kuwagatarhinus'' †<br />
*''M. osborni'' †<br />
*''M. platyceras'' †<br />
*''M. ([[Brontotherium]]) gigas'' †<br /> (type species)
*''M. (Brontotherium) leidyi'' †<br />
*''M. (Brontotherium) hatcheri'' †<br />
*''M. ([[Brontops]]) robustus'' †<br />
*''M. (Brontops) dispar'' †<br />
*''M. (Brontops) brachycephalus'' †<br />
*''M. (Brontops) selwynianus'' †<br />
*''M. (Brontops) amplus'' †<br />
*''M. (Brontops) tyleri'' †<br />
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Fossil_range:
Late [[Eocene]]
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'''''Megacerops''''' ('large horn face') is an extinct genus of North American [[Brontotheriidae|brontotheriid]] mammal. Males had two blunt [[horn]]s on their [[snout]].

According to 2004, ''Megacerops'' includes the species of the genera ''[[Menodus]], [[Brontotherium]], [[Brontops]], [[Menops]], [[Ateleodon]],'' and ''[[Oreinotherium]]''

==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.

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

Megacerops - Revision history

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