Xylotitan cenosus 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

Belongs to Xylotitan according to M. C. Mihlbachler and J. X. Samuels 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 121825, a maxilla (left partial maxilla with P1, P2, P3, P4). Its type locality is Clarno Nut Beds, which is in an Eocene terrestrial conglomerate/sandstone in the Clarno Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Clarno Nut Beds

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