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

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

Diagnosis. Same as the generic diagnosis.

References

Earle, C. (1891) On a new species of Palaeosyops, Palaeosyops megarhinus sp. nov. American Naturalist, 25 (289), 45 - 47.

Leidy, J. (1872) On fossils from Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 24, 277.

Osborn, H. F. (1908) New or little known titanotheres from the Eocene and Oligocene. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 24 (32), 599 - 617.