Xylotitan Mihlbachler and Samuels 2016 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: M. C. Mihlbachler and J. X. Samuels. 2016. A small-bodied species of Brontotheriidae from the middle Eocene Nut Beds of the Clarno Formation, John Day Basin, Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 90(6):1233-1244

Parent taxon: Brontotheridae according to M. C. Mihlbachler and J. X. Samuels 2016

Sister taxa: Balochititanops, Brontopinae, Brontotheriinae, Danjiangia, Embolotheriinae, Eotitanopinae, Epimanteoceratinae, Lambdotherium, Menodontidae, Metatelmatherium, Mulkrajanops, Pakotitanops, Palaeosyopinae, Sivatitanops, Sthenodectes

Subtaxa: Xylotitan cenosus

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Type: Xylotitan cenosus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Clarno Nut Beds (Eocene of Oregon)

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