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Telmatherium

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Telmatherium
Temporal range: Eocene
T. validum skull, American Museum of Natural History
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

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  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.