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Mulkrajanops

Mulkrajanops is a dubious genus of brontothere endemic to India during the Eocene.

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Jun 20, 2026
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Mulkrajanops
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Brontotheriidae
Genus: Mulkrajanops
Kumar and Sahni, 1985

Mulkrajanops is a dubious1 genus of brontothere endemic to India during the Eocene.

Taxonomy

Mulkrajanops was named by Kumar and Sahni (1985). It was assigned to Eotitanopinae by Kumar and Sahni (1985);2 and to Brontotheriidae by Thewissen et al. (2001).3

References

References

  1. 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.
  2. K. Kumar and A. Sahni. 1985. Eocene mammals from the upper Subathu Group, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(2):153-168
  3. 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