Acrotitan 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

Parent taxon: Brontotheriinae according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Ye 1983

Sister taxa: Brontotheriini, Bunobrontops, Desmatotitan, Dolichorhinini, Embolotheriita, Metarhinus, Protitanotherium, Telmatherium

Subtaxa: Acrotitan ulanshirehensis

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Type: Acrotitan ulanshirehensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Ulan Shireh (SSPE) (Eocene of China)

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