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Pakotitanops is an obscure genus of brontothere, family Brontotheriidae. The only known species is Pakotitanops latidentatus, published in an article by Robert M. West in 1980. It is represented only by a few tooth fragments 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. Other brontotheres from Pakistan include Eotitanops? dayi and Mulkrajanops moghliensis. Pakotitanops latidentatus is larger than either of these species. The dental fragments are most similar in size and shape to Dolichorhinus hyognathus, a North American brontothere from the early Uintan land mammal age (middle Eocene), and possibly represents a close Asian relative of Dolichorhinus.
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- West, Robert M. (1980). "Middle Eocene large mammal assemblage with Tethyan affinities, Ganda Kas region, Pakistan". Journal of Paleontology 54: 508–533.
