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Megacerops
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| Megacerops Temporal range: Late Eocene (Priabonian),
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| Mounted skeleton, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Brontotheriinae |
| Tribe: | †Brontotheriini |
| Subtribe: | †Brontotheriina |
| Infratribe: | †Brontotheriita |
| Genus: | †Megacerops Leidy, 1870 |
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Megacerops ("large-horned face", from méga- "large" + kéras "horn" + ōps "face") is an extinct genus of the prehistoric odd-toed ungulate (hoofed mammal) family Brontotheriidae, 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.[1]
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