Eotitanops

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BRONTOTHERIIDAE
Taxonomy Phylogeny

Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Ungulata
Order: Perissodactyla
Suborder: Hippomorpha
Superfamily: Brontotheroidea
Family: BRONTOTHERIIDAE

Traditional classification:
  • Subfamily Lambdotheriinae
  • Subfamily Palaeosyopinae
  • Subfamily Dolichorhininae
  • Subfamily Embolotheriinae
  • Subfamily Brontopinae
  • Subfamily Telmatheriinae
  • Subfamily Menodontinae


Newer classification: 
o Hippomorpha
`--o Brontotheriidae
   |--Eotitanops
   |--Palaeosyops
   |?-Protitanops
   `--+?-o Metatelmatheriinae
      |  |?- Sthenodectes
      |  `-- Metatelmatherium
      |--o Dolichorhininae
      |  |-- Mesatirhinus
      |  `-- Dolichorhinus
      `--+?-o Embolotheriinae
         |  |--+-- Epimanteoceras
         |  |  `-- Dolichorhinoides
         |  `--+--o †Protitan
         |     `--+-- Gnathotitan
         |        `--+--o Rhinotitan
         |           `--+--Parabrontops
         |              `--+--Aktautitan
         |                 `--+--+--Brachydiastematherium 
         |                    |  `-- Metatitan
         |                    `--Embolotherium
         `--o Telmatheriinae
            |--Telmatherium
            `--+--Pseudodiplacodon
               `--+?- Notiotitanops
                  `--+--Duchesneodus
                     `--+--Brontops
                        |--Menops
                        `--Megacerops


Eotitanops ('dawn titan-face') is an extinct genus of perissodactyl mammal.

Eotitanops was the earliest known genus of brontothere. While brontotheres are generally known as very large animals, Eotitanops was only 45 cm (1 ft 6 in) tall at the shoulder. It probably resembled a larger, more heavily built version of the early horse Hyracotherium. Like this creature, it ate leaves and had four-toed front legs and three-toed hind legs.


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