Desmatotitan Granger and Gregory 1943 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1943. A revision of the Mongolian titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 80(10):349-389

Parent taxon: Brontotheriinae according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Granger and Gregory 1943 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: Acrotitan, Brontotheriini, Bunobrontops, Dolichorhinini, Embolotheriita, Metarhinus, Protitanotherium, Telmatherium

Subtaxa: Desmatotitan tukhumensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Ulan Shireh (SSPE) (Eocene of China)

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