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Brontothere mammal (composite)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Megacerops has impressive horns—but it’s not a rhinoceros. Its horns are bone, while a rhino’s horns are made of keratin—the same material as hair and nails.
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- Title: Brontothere mammal (composite)
- Location: Chadron Formation, Sioux Co., Nebraska, United States, North America
- Physical Dimensions: L: 337 cm W: 96 cm H: 208 cm
- Type: Fossil
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- Weight: 1000 kg (estimated)
- USNM Catalog Number(s): V4262, V5409, and others
- Scientific Name: <i>Megacerops coloradensis</i>
- Photo Credit: James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: Lived 37–34 million years ago
- Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene - Chadronian
- Field: Paleobiology
- Date Collected: 1887-05-28
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