Pakotitanops is an obscure genus of brontothere.

The only known species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 is Pakotitanops latidentatus. It is represented only by a few tooth fragments from the middle 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...

 Kuldana Formation, in the Ganda Kas area of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. 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.

Other brontotheres from Pakistan include Eotitanops

Eotitanops

Eotitanops is an extinct genus of brontothere native to North America and Asia.Eotitanops is the earliest known genus of brontothere. While brontotheres generally known as very large animals, Eotitanops was only tall at the shoulder. It probably resembled a larger, bulkier version of its...

? dayi and Mulkrajanops

Mulkrajanops

Mulkrajanops is a type of brontothere endemic to India during the Eocene living from 55.8—48.6 mya, existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...

 moghliensis. Pakotitanops is larger than either of these species. The dental fragments are most similar in size and shape to Dolichorhinus

Dolichorhinus

Sphenocoelus is an extinct genus of brontothere of the subfamily Dolichorhininae, family Brontotheriidae, endemic to North America during the Middle Eocene epoch , existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...

, a North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

n brontothere from the middle Eocene, and possibly represents a close Asian relative of Pakotitanops.