Named By: | Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1929 |
Time Period: | Late Eocene |
Location: | Mongolia |
Size: | 2.5 meters high at the shoulder |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Many specimens but incomplete individuals comprising of skulls, jaws and some partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Perissodactyla | Brontotheriidae | |
Also known as: | | Embolotherium efremovi | Embolotherium ergilensi | Embolotherium louksi | Embolotherium ultimum | Titanodectes | |
Embolotherium (Greek embole, embole + therion, therion "battering ram beast", or "wedge beast") is an extinct genus of brontothere that lived in Mongolia during the late Eocene period. It is most easily recognized by a large bony protuberance emanating from the anterior (front) end of the skull. This process resembles a battering ram, thus providing the reason for the name Embolotherium. The animal is known from about 12 skulls, several jaws, and a variety of other skeletal elements from the Ulan Gochu formation of Inner Mongolia and the Irgilin Dzo of Outer Mongolia.