Eotitanops

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iEotitanops
Fossil range: Early to Mid Eocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Brontotheriidae
Genus: Eotitanops
Osborn, 1907
Species
  • E. borealis
  • E. dayi
  • E. minimus

Eotitanops ('dawn titan-face') is an extinct genus of mammal.

Eotitanops was the earliest known genus of brontothere. While brontotheres generally known as very large animals, Eotitanops was only 45 cm (1 ft 6 in) tall at the shoulder. It probably resembled a larger version of the early horse Hyracotherium. Like this creature, it ate leaves and had four-toed front legs and three-toed hind legs.