Eotitanops
Extinct genus of mammals
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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 | |
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| 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]
