Brachydiastematherium
Brachydiastematherium is a genus of Eocene brontotheriid. It is the westernmost species of brontothere, with the first fossils of it being found in Transylvania, Romania. Only the type species, B. transylvanicum, is known.
Description
In comparison with other brontothere fossils, it is suggested that B. transylvanicum would have had an elongated head, not unlike Dolichorhinus, and be about 2 meters at the withers. The name of Brachydiastematherium comes from the fact that the genus lacks a large diastema between the canines and the premolars. This trait is shared by another genus, Metatitan, which also shares the unique trait of a molariform metaconid.Phylogeny
Most phylogenies support the idea that Brachydiastematherium is closest to Metatitan among the embolotheres, due to aforementioned morphological similarity in dental structure.Cladogram after Mihlbachler :