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
Belongs to Notiotitanops according to M. C. Mihlbachler 2008
See also Alroy 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 16646, a partial skull (basal portion of skull with complete dentition, except for three incisors and portions of both rami of the manidble with P/3 to M/3). Its type locality is Covington Farm, which is in a Bartonian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Cook Mountain Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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