Protitanotherium Osborn 1908 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New or little known titanotheres from the Eocene and Oligocene. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(32):599-617

Parent taxon: Brontotheriinae according to B. J. Mader 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Mader 1989, Mihlbachler 2008, Osborn 1908, Osborn 1929 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

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

Subtaxa: Protitanotherium emarginatum Protitanotherium koreanicum

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of North Korea (1 collection)

• Eocene of North Korea (1), United States (5: New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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