Aktautitan hippopotamopus Mihlbachler et al. 2004 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: M. C. Mihlbachler, S. G. Lucas, R. J. Emry and B. Bayshashov. 2004. A new brontothere (Brontotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene of the Ily Basin of Kazakstan and a phylogeny of Asian ‘‘horned’’ brontotheres. American Museum Novitates 3439:1-43

Belongs to Aktautitan according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008

See also Mihlbachler et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KAN N2/875, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kyzyl Murun near Aktau Mountain, which is in an Eocene lacustrine shale in the Kyzylbulak Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Kyzyl Murun near Aktau Mountain

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