Mulkrajanops
Encyclopedia
Mulkrajanops is a type of brontothere endemic to India
during the Eocene
living from 55.8—48.6 mya, existing for approximately .
by Thewissen et al. (2001).
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
during the Eocene
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
living from 55.8—48.6 mya, existing for approximately .
Taxonomy
Mulkrajanopswas named by Kumar and Sahni (1985). It was assigned to Eotitanopinae by Kumar and Sahni (1985); and to BrontotheriidaeBrontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae, also called Titanotheriidae, is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs. Superficially they looked rather like rhinos, although they were not true rhinos and are probably most closely related to...
by Thewissen et al. (2001).