Bunobrontops savagei Holroyd and Ciochon 2000 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: P. A. Holroyd and R. L. Ciochon. 2000. Bunobrontops savagei a new genus and species of brontotheriid perissodactyl from the Eocene Pondaung fauna of Myanmar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):408-410

Belongs to Bunobrontops according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008

See also Holroyd and Ciochon 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 128416, an other (a right M2). Its type locality is Bahin 4, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Bahin 4, Pondaung Sandstone

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