Kingdom Animalia Family Brontotheriidae Phylum Chordata Order Odd-toed ungulate | Class Mammalia Subfamily Dolichorhininae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Palaeosyops, Telmatherium, Sphenocoelus, Duchesneodus, Protitanops | ||
Mesatirhinus is a genus of brontothere endemic to North America during the Eocene living from 50.3—42 mya, existing for approximately 8.3 million years.
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Taxonomy
Mesatirhinus was named by Osborn (1908). It is not extant. It was assigned to Brontotheriidae by Osborn (1908) and Carroll (1988); and to Dolichorhininae by Mader (1998).
Morphology
This animal's height is said to be approximately 1 m (3 feet).
References
Mesatirhinus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA