Titanoides
| Titanoides Temporal range: Late Paleocene, 59–56 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Cimolesta |
| Suborder: | †Pantodonta |
| Family: | †Titanoideidae |
| Genus: | †Titanoides Gidley, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| †Titanoides primaevus Gidley, 1917 | |
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Titanoides is an extinct genus of pantodont mammal that lived in North Dakota. They were up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long and up to 150 kg (330 lb) in weight, being the largest mammals of their habitat, a tropical swampland where the main predators were crocodiles. They had a bear-like appearance with huge canines and short limbs with five clawed digits even though they were herbivores.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Pantodonta". After McKenna & Bell (1997) and Alroy (2002). Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ↑ https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/poster/PDF/Titanoides.pdf
- ↑ http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/large_herbivores.htm
External links
- "Ferae Past and Present (Phylogenetic tree)" at Okapiland
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