Embolotherium Osborn 1929 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1929. Embolotherium, gen. nov., of the Ulan Gochu, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 353:1-20

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

See also Carroll 1988, Granger and Gregory 1943, Mihlbachler et al. 2004, Osborn 1929 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Embolotherium andrewsi Embolotherium grangeri Embolotherium ultimum

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (2 collections)

• Eocene of China (5), Mongolia (3)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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