Metatitan relictus Granger and Gregory 1943 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Synonym: Protitan khaitshinus Yanovskaya 1980

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 Metatitan according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008

See also Granger and Gregory 1943 and Mihlbachler et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Metatitan khaitshinus, Metatitan primus

Type specimens:

  • Metatitan relictus: AMNH 26391, a skull
  • Protitan khaitshinus:

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metatitan relictus in the database

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