Notiotitanops Gazin and Sullivan 1942 (brontothere)

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

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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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