Telmatherium

Extinct genus of mammals

Telmatherium
Temporal range: Eocene
T. cornutum skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Brontotheriidae
Genus: †Telmatherium
Marsh, 1872
Species
  • T. validum
Restoration of Telmatherium (middle right) and other animals of the Eocene Clarno Nut Beds

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

  1. ^ 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.
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Brontotheriidae
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Clade: Synapsida
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Perissodactyla
  • Suborder: Hippomorpha
Basal brontotheres
Megacerops coloradensis
Brontotheriinae
Brontotheriini
Embolotheriina
  • Gnathotitan
  • Aktautitan
  • Metatitan
  • Nasamplus
  • Protembolotherium
  • Embolotherium
Brontotheriina
Taxon identifiers
Telmatherium
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