†subfamily Embolotheriinae Osborn 1929 (brontothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1929. Embolotherium, gen. nov., of the Ulan Gochu, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 353:1-20

Parent taxon: Brontotheridae according to W. Granger and W. K. Gregory 1943

See also Mihlbachler 2008 and Osborn 1929

Sister taxa: Balochititanops, Brontopinae, Brontotheriinae, Danjiangia, Eotitanopinae, Epimanteoceratinae, Lambdotherium, Menodontidae, Metatelmatherium, Mulkrajanops, Pakotitanops, Palaeosyopinae, Sivatitanops, Sthenodectes, Xylotitan

Subtaxa: Titanodectes

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Type: Embolotherium

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Urtyn Obo (SSPE) (Eocene of China)

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