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Extinct genus of mammals

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.

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.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla
Incertae sedis
Anthracobunia
Anthracobunidae
Cambaytheriidae
Brontotheriidae
Equoidea
Equidae
Palaeotheriidae
Pachynolophinae
Palaeotheriinae
Hyopsodontidae?
Phenacodontidae?
Meniscotheriinae
Phenacodontinae
Tapiromorpha
    • See below↓
Palaeotherium medium

Hyopsodus sp.

Meniscotherium chamense
Tapiromorpha
Incertae sedis
Isectolophidae
Homogalaxinae
Isectolophinae
Ancylopoda
Ceratomorpha
Tapiroidea
Deperetellidae
Helaletidae
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotoidea
    • See below↓
Heptodon posticus Tapirus augustus
Rhinocerotoidea
Rhinocerotoidea sensu lato
Indolophidae
Rhinocerotoidea
sensu stricto
Hyrachyidae
Eggysodontidae
Hyracodontidae
Amynodontidae
Amynodontinae
Cadurcodontini
Metamynodontini
Paraceratheriidae
Forstercooperiinae
Paraceratheriinae
Rhinocerotidae
    • See below↓
Hyracodon nebraskensis Paraceratherium transouralicum
Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae
Aceratheriinae
Elasmotheriinae
Diceratheriini
Elasmotheriini
Rhinocerotinae
Teleoceratini
Rhinocerotina
Dicerorhinini
Dicerotini
Rhinocerotini
Coelodonta antiquatis Elasmotherium caucasicum
Brontotheriidae
Basal brontotheres Megacerops coloradensis
Brontotheriinae
Brontotheriini
Embolotheriina
Brontotheriina
Taxon identifiers
Telmatherium
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