Telmatherium
Appearance
Telmatherium Temporal range: Eocene
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T. cornutum skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
Genus: | †Telmatherium Marsh, 1872 |
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Telmatherium is a genus of a North American Brontothere. It stood 1.25 metres (4.1 ft) tall. It lived during the Eocene epoch.[1]
References
- ^ Mader, Bryn J. (2009). "The Cranial Anatomy of Metarhinus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Brontotheriidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (4): 1300–1305. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29.1300M. doi:10.1671/039.029.0429. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 20627138.