Eotitanops ('dawn titan-face') is an extinct genus of brontothere native to North America and Asia.
| Eotitanops Temporal range:
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| Eotitanops borealis | |
Scientific classification 
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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]
References
edit- ^ Pieter Missiaen; Gregg F. Gunnell & Philip D. Gingerich (2011). "New Brontotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Early and Middle Eocene of Pakistan with Implications for Mammalian Paleobiogeography". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (4): 665–677. Bibcode:2011JPal...85..665M. doi:10.1666/10-087.1. S2CID 129473193.
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 258. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
- Mihlbachler, Matthew Christian (2005). "Phylogenetic Systematics of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Ph.D. dissertation. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10.
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