Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Brontotheriidae Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Perissodactyla Subfamily Brontopinae | |
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Similar Sphenocoelus, Duchesneodus, Protitanops, Telmatherium, Brachydiastematherium | ||
Protitanotherium emarginatum is a brontothere endemic to North America during the Eocene living from 46.2—33.9 mya, existing for approximately 12.3 million years.
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Taxonomy
Protitanotherium was named by Osborn (1929) [name suggested by Hatcher 1895; raised to genus level]. It is not extant. It was synonymized subjectively with Diplacodon by Lucas (1983). It was assigned to Brontotheriidae by Osborn (1929), Carroll (1988) and Mader (1989).
Morphology
A single specimen was examined by M. Mendoza for body mass and estimated to have a weight of 2.38 kg (5.2 lb).
References
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