Nanotitanops Qi and Beard 1998 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Synonym: Nanotitan Qi and Beard 1996

Full reference: T. Qi and K. C. Beard. 1998. Nanotitanops, a new name for Nanotitan Qi and Beard, 1996, not Nanotitan Sharov, 1968. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):812

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

See also Qi and Beard 1996, Qi and Beard 1998 and Sharov 1968

Sister taxa: Brontotheriina, Microtitan, Telmatheriina

Subtaxa: Nanotitanops shanghuangensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Shanghuang Quarry, fissure D (Eocene of China)

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