Acrotitan ulanshirehensis Ye 1983 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: J. Ye. 1983. Mammalian Fauna from the Late Eocene of Ulan Shireh Area, Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):109-118

Belongs to Acrotitan according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V6686, a mandible. Its type locality is Ulan Shireh (SSPE), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Shara Murum Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Ulan Shireh (SSPE)

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