BRONTOTHERIIDAE Marsh 1873

Mader, Bryn J., 2010, A species-level revision of the North American brontotheres Eotitanops and Palaeosyops (Mammalia, Perissodactyla), Zootaxa 2339, pp. 1-43 : 3

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Family BRONTOTHERIIDAE Marsh 1873

Discussion: Mader (1989; 1998) divided the Brontotheriidae into two relatively large monophyletic subfamilies: the Dolichorhininae and the Brontotheriinae (= Telmatheriinae, sensu Mader 1989). Eotitanops and Palaeosyops were resolved as sister genera to these subfamilies, but were not found to comprise a monophyletic taxon. Recent phylogenetic analyses by Mihlbachler (2008) generally support this conclusion. Eotitanops and Palaeosyops are accorded their own subfamilies in the present revision.

References

Mader, B. J. (1989) The Brontotheriidae: a systematic revision and preliminary phylogeny of North American genera. In: Prothero, D. R. & Schoch, R. M. (Eds), The Evolution of Perissodactyls. Oxford University Press, Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics (15), New York, pp. 458 - 484.

Mader, B. J. (1998) Brontotheriidae. In: Janis, C. M., Scott, K. M. & Jacobs, L. L. (Eds), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume I: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 525 - 536.

Marsh, O. C. (1873) Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science, 3 d series, 5, 407 - 411, 485 - 488.

Mihlbachler, M. C. (2008) Species taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 311, 1 - 475.