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Fossil Brontotherium (Titanothere) Tooth & Jaw Section
This
Artists reconstruction of a Titanothere. By Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com)
is jaw section with a molar still in place of Brontotherium, a Titanothere, collected from the Eocene aged Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
Titanothere's are an extinct, massive, mammal that lived during the Eocene. While the very closely resembled a Rhinocerose, they were more closely related to todays horses. They first appeared 54 million years ago and when extinct at the end of the Eocene, 34 million years ago.
Artists reconstruction of a Titanothere. By Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com)
Titanothere's are an extinct, massive, mammal that lived during the Eocene. While the very closely resembled a Rhinocerose, they were more closely related to todays horses. They first appeared 54 million years ago and when extinct at the end of the Eocene, 34 million years ago.
SPECIES
Brontotherium (Titanothere)
AGE
LOCATION
South Dakota
FORMATION
Chadron Formation
SIZE
4.4" long, Tooth 1.3" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#31477
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