Titanoides Temporal range: Late Paleocene, 59–56 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Cimolesta |
Suborder: | †Pantodonta |
Family: | †Titanoideidae |
Genus: |
†Titanoides Gidley, 1917 |
Type species | |
†Titanoides primaevus Gidley, 1917 |
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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.