Mulkrajanops
| Mulkrajanops Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Mulkrajanops Kumar and Sahni, 1985 |
Mulkrajanops is a dubious[1] genus of brontothere endemic to India during the Eocene living from 55.8 to 48.6 mya, existing for approximately 7.2 million years.[2]
Taxonomy
Mulkrajanops was named by Kumar and Sahni (1985). It was assigned to Eotitanopinae by Kumar and Sahni (1985);[3] and to Brontotheriidae by Thewissen et al. (2001).[4]
References
- ^ Mihlbachler, Matthew C. "Species taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (311). American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/5913.
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Mulkrajanops, basic info
- ^ K. Kumar and A. Sahni. 1985. Eocene mammals from the upper Subathu Group, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(2):153-168
- ^ J. G. M. Thewissen, E. M. Williams, and S.T. Hussain. 2001. Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):347-366