Pakotitanops
Genus of mammals (fossil)
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Pakotitanops is a dubious[1] genus of poorly known brontothere represented only by a few tooth fragments.[2] Its fossil dates from the middle Eocene Kuldana Formation, in the Ganda Kas area of Pakistan. Because this species is known only from a few tooth fragments it is difficult to compare it to other species to determine if it is indeed a distinct species and to what other species it is mostly closely related.
| Pakotitanops Temporal range: Middle Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Pakotitanops West, 1980 |
| Species: | †P. latidentatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pakotitanops latidentatus West, 1980 | |
Other brontotheres from Pakistan include Eotitanops? dayi and Mulkrajanops moghliensis. Pakotitanops is larger than either of these species. The dental fragments are most similar in size and shape to Dolichorhinus, a North American brontothere from the middle Eocene, and possibly represents a close Asian relative of Pakotitanops.
