| Titanoides Temporal range: Late Paleocene, 59–56 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Life restoration Titanoides primaevus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Pantolambdoidea |
| Family: | †Titanoideidae Patterson, 1934 |
| Genus: | †Titanoides Gidley, 1917 |
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| †Titanoides primaevus Gidley, 1917 | |
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Titanoides is an extinct genus of pantodont mammal that lived in North Dakota and as far north as central Alberta. 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.
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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| Titanoides | |
| Titanoideidae | |
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