Titanoides

Titanoides; Temporal range: Late Paleocene, 59–56 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Cimolesta
Suborder:	†Pantodonta
Family:	†Titanoideidae
Genus:	†Titanoides; Gidley, 1917
Type species
	†Titanoides primaevus; Gidley, 1917
Species[1]
	T. gidleyi Jepsen, 1930; T. looki Patterson, 1939; T. major Simons, 1960; T. nanus Gingerich. 1996; T. primaevus Gidley, 1917;

Titanoides is an extinct genus of pantodont mammal that lived in North Dakota. 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]

References

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

External links

"Ferae Past and Present (Phylogenetic tree)" at Okapiland

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[tita-1] "Pantodonta". After McKenna & Bell (1997) and Alroy (2002). Retrieved 2 November 2013.

[2] "Titanoides" (PDF).

[3] "Pantodonts, uintatheres and xenungulates: The first large herbivorous mammals". Paleocene mammals of the world.