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Sphenocoelus

Taxonomy

Sphenocoelus was named by Osborn (1895). It is not extant. Its type is Sphenocoelus uintensis.

It was assigned to Brontotheriidae by Osborn (1895) and Carroll (1988); and to Dolichorhininae by Mader (1998).

Species

Sister genera

Synonyms

Dolichorhinus was named by Hatcher (1895).

It was synonymized subjectively with Sphenocoelus by Mader (1998).

It was assigned to Brontotheriidae by Hatcher (1895) and Carroll (1988).
Tanyorhinus was named by Cook (1926). Its type is Tanyorhinus blairi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dolichorhinus by Tedford et al. (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Sphenocoelus by Mader (1998).

Synonymy list

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