''Eotitanops'' ('dawn titan-face') is an extinct genus of
brontothere native to North America and Asia.
''Eotitanops'' is the earliest known
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of brontothere. While brontotheres generally known as very large animals, ''Eotitanops'' was only tall at the shoulder. It probably resembled a larger, bulkier version of its contemporary, the horse-like
palaeothere ''
Hyracotherium
''Hyracotherium'' ( ; "hyrax-like beast") is an extinction, extinct genus of small (about 60 cm in length) perissodactyl ungulates that was found in the London Clay formation. This small, fox-sized animal is (for some scientists) considered t ...
''. Like ''Hyracotherium'', it ate leaves and had five-toed front legs and three-toed hind legs.
References
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Brontotheres
Eocene Perissodactyla
Eocene mammals of North America
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