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Metatelmatherium

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Metatelmatherium
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (late Uintan), 42.8–40.1 Ma
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Skull of M. ultimum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Brontotheriidae
Subfamily: Brontotheriinae
Genus: Metatelmatherium
Granger and Gregory, 1943

Metatelmatherium is a genus of brontothere[2] found in North America and eastern Asia.

References

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  1. Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Welsh, Edward T.; Santucci, Vincent L.; Tweet, Justin S. (2022). "A Middle Eocene brontothere (Mammalia; Perissodactyla; Brontotheriidae) from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming". FOSSIL RECORD 8. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 211.
  2. Mihlbachler, Matthew C. (2008). "Species Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 501: 122. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501[1:STPABO]2.0.CO;2.