Protitan bellus 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

Belongs to Protitan according to W. Granger and W. K. Gregory 1943

Sister taxa: Protitan cingulatus, Protitan grangeri, Protitan major, Protitan minor, Protitan obliquidens, Protitan reshetovi, Protitan robustus

Type specimen: AMNH 26104, a partial skull. Its type locality is Irdin Manha Beds (1930 AMNH Eudinoceras site), which is in an Irdinmanhan terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Ulan Shireh (SSPE)

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