Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1929. Embolotherium, gen. nov., of the Ulan Gochu, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 353:1-20
Belongs to Embolotherium according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008
See also Osborn 1929
Sister taxa: Embolotherium grangeri, Embolotherium ultimum
Type specimen: Amer. Mus. 26001, a partial skull (cranium with maxillary rostrum wanting, dentition damaged). Its type locality is Urtyn Obo "Middle White" or "Gray" Beds, which is in an Ulangochuian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ulan Gocho Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections), Mongolia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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