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TITANOIDES
(tie-tan-oy-deez)
meaning: "Titan like"
Titanoides
Named By: Gidley in 1917
Time Period: Late Paleocene, 59-56 Ma
Location: Canada and the USA
Size: Around 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Multiple specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Pantodonta | Titanoideidae |
Also known as: | Sparactolambda |
About

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 and short limbs with five clawed digits even though they were herbivores.

Read more about Titanoides at Wikipedia
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