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Taxon: Family †Brontotheriidae Marsh, 1873 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Perissodactyla

Subsequent positions

†Brontotherioidea (Superfamily) Marsh, 1873

Original entries

Questionably †Brontopinae (Subfamily) Osborn, 1914
Questionably †Brontotheriinae (Subfamily) Marsh, 1873
Questionably †Dolichorhininae (Subfamily) Riggs, 1912
Questionably †Embolotheriinae (Subfamily) Osborn, 1929
Questionably †Lambdotheriinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1889
Questionably †Menodontinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1881
Questionably †Nanotitan (Genus) Qi & Beard, 1996
Questionably †Pakotitanops (Genus) West, 1980
Questionably †Palaeosyopinae (Subfamily) Steinmann & Döderlein, 1890
Questionably †Telmatheriinae (Subfamily) Osborn, 1914

Current position

†Brontotherioidea (Superfamily) Marsh, 1873 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 473.

Alternative positions

Hippomorpha (Superfamily) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 304.

Historical positions

Hippomorpha (Superfamily) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Hippomorpha (Superfamily) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
†Brontotherioidea (Superfamily) Marsh, 1873 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 473.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: 1995
Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 304.
†Brontotherioidea (Superfamily) Marsh, 1873 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 644).
†Brontotherioidea (Superfamily) Marsh, 1873 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †43g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †43g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †43g]
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