Metarhinus
Extinct genus of mammals
Metarhinus Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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M. pater jaw at Mission Trails Regional Park visitor center | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Brontotheriidae |
Genus: | †Metarhinus Osborn 1908 |
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M. fluvialtilis |
Metarhinus is a genus of brontothere endemic to North America. It lived during the Eocene 46.2—40.4 mya, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]
References
- ^ Metarhinus at fossilworks
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Clade: Synapsida
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Perissodactyla
- Suborder: Hippomorpha
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