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Eotitanops
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eotitanops ('dawn titan-face') is an extinct genus of brontothere native to North America and Asia.
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Eotitanops borealis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
Genus: | †Eotitanops Osborn, 1907 |
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Eotitanops is the earliest known genus of brontothere. While brontotheres generally known as very large animals, Eotitanops was only 45 centimetres (1.48 ft) tall at the shoulder. It probably resembled a larger, bulkier version of its contemporary, the horse-like palaeothere Hyracotherium. Like Hyracotherium, it ate leaves and had five-toed front legs and three-toed hind legs.[2]
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