Mulkrajanops Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
Genus: | †Mulkrajanops Kumar and Sahni, 1985 |
Mulkrajanops is a genus of brontothere endemic to India during the Eocene living from 55.8 to 48.6 mya, existing for approximately 7.2 million years.
Taxonomy
Mulkrajanops was named by Kumar and Sahni (1985). It was assigned to Eotitanopinae by Kumar and Sahni (1985); and to Brontotheriidae by Thewissen et al. (2001).
References
- 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
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