Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin and J. M. Sullivan. 1942. A new titanothere from the Eocene of Mississippi, with notes on the correlation between the marine Eocene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and continental Eocene of the Rocky Mountain Region. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 101(13):1-13
Parent taxon: Brontotheriita according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008
See also Gazin and Sullivan 1942, Mader 1998 and Prothero and Schoch 1989
Sister taxa: Dianotitan, Duchesneodus, Duchesneodus californicus, Duchesneodus primitivum, Duchesneodus thyboi, Eubrontotherium, Megacerops, Parabrontops, Parvicornus, Protitanops
Subtaxa: Notiotitanops mississippiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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