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Acrotitan
Taxonomy
Acrotitan was named by Ye (1983). Its type is Acrotitan ulanshirehensis.
It was assigned to Metatelmatheriinae by Ye (1983); to Brontotheridae by Carroll (1988) and Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Brontotheriinae by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was assigned to Metatelmatheriinae by Ye (1983); to Brontotheridae by Carroll (1988) and Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Brontotheriinae by Mihlbachler (2008).
Species
A. ulanshirehensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Acrotitan Ye |
| 1988 | Acrotitan Carroll |
| 1989 | Acrotitan Prothero and Schoch p. 537 |
| 2008 | Acrotitan Mihlbachler p. 413 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Mader 1998 | |||||
Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Brontotheriidae indet. (28792) |