Mesatirhinus megarhinus, (Earle 1891)

Mader, Bryn J., 2008, A species level revision of Bridgerian and Uintan brontotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) exclusive of Palaeosyops, Zootaxa 1837 (1), pp. 1-85 : 19-20

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1837.1.1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87C9-FFEF-DA30-EAFE-F92AFD5E6ED1

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Mesatirhinus megarhinus
status

 

Species MESATIRHINUS megarhinus ( Earle 1891)

= M. junius ? ( Leidy 1872, treated here as a nomen dubium)

= M. petersoni Osborn 1908

Holotype of M. megarhinus . YPM-PU 10008 , a partial skull.

Holotype of M. junius (potential senior synonym of M. megarhinus ). ANSP 10349, right P4 and posterior half of right M3.

Referred specimens. AMNH 1509 View Materials , AMNH 1513 View Materials , AMNH 1514 View Materials , AMNH 1523 View Materials , AMNH 1571 View Materials , AMNH 1651 View Materials a, AMNH 12184 View Materials (holotype of M. petersoni ) , AMNH 12191 View Materials , AMNH 12202 View Materials , AMNH 12206 View Materials , AMNH 12686 View Materials , FMNH 27939 View Materials , MCZ 7664 View Materials (in part) , UFH V-258, USNM 26116 View Materials , USNM 26123 View Materials , USNM 26136 View Materials , UW 1292 , YPM 16420, YPM 16423, YPM 16722, YPM 16756 .

Diagnosis. Same as the generic diagnosis.

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

YPM

Peabody Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Perissodactyla

Family

Brontotheriidae

Genus

Mesatirhinus

Loc

Mesatirhinus megarhinus

Mader, Bryn J. 2008
2008
Loc

M. petersoni

Osborn 1908
1908
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