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<i>Titanoides</i>

Titanoides

Extinct genus of mammals

Titanoides is an extinct genus of pantodont mammal that lived in North Dakota and as far north as central Alberta. They were up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long and up to 150 kg (330 lb) in weight, being the largest mammals of their habitat, a tropical swampland where the main predators were crocodiles. They had a bear-like appearance with huge canines, short limbs and five clawed digits; however, they were herbivores and probably had traits and attributes more similar to diprotodontids.[2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Pantodonta". After McKenna & Bell (1997) and Alroy (2002). Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Titanoides" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "Pantodonts, uintatheres and xenungulates: The first large herbivorous mammals". Paleocene mammals of the world.


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