Telmatherium

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]

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

References

  1. Mader, Bryn J. (2009). "The Cranial Anatomy of Metarhinus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Brontotheriidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (4): 1300–1305. ISSN 0272-4634.
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