Titanoides Primaevus
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''Titanoides'' is an
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of pantodont mammal that lived in North Dakota and as far north as central Alberta. They were up to long and up to in weight, being the largest mammals of their habitat, a tropical swampland where the main predators were crocodiles. They had a
bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...
-like appearance with huge canines, short limbs and five clawed digits; however, they were herbivores and probably had traits and attributes more similar to diprotodontids.


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Ferae Past and Present (Phylogenetic tree)
at Okapiland Pantodonts Paleocene mammals Clawed herbivores Cenozoic mammals of North America Fossil taxa described in 1917 Prehistoric mammal genera {{Paleo-mammal-stub