Jurassic World Evolution 2 - Megacerops (New Species 1.9)

Megacerops (Large-Horned Beast), previously known as Brontotherium and Brontops, is an extinct genus of the prehistoric odd-toed ungulate (hoofed mammal) family Brontotheriidae (or Brontotheres), an extinct group of rhinoceros-like browsers related to horses. It was endemic to North America during the Late Eocene epoch (38–33. 9 mya), existing for approximately 4. 1 million years.

Megacerops was identical by the two blunt horns on the tip of its snout. Woulds inflicted on the ribs suggests that males used them to fight off rivals, although they may also have been used to defend themselves from predators.Megacerops was named by Leidy (1870). Its type species is Megacerops coloradensis. It was synonymized subjectively with Menodus by Clark and Beerbower (1967). It was assigned to Brontotheriidae by Leidy (1870), Carroll (1988), Mader (1989), and Mader (1998).

According to Mihlbachler and others, Megacerops includes the species of the genera Menodus, Brontotherium, Brontops, Menops, Ateleodon, and Oreinotherium.