X is for Xylotitan – #AtoZChallenge – 2017 – Uintan Mammals

Posted bypaleololigoPosted inA to Z Challenge, Paleontology, Research

X is for Xylotitan

Xylotitan is a new species of brotothere, a hoofed mammal related to horses and rhinos. Brototheres were giant mammals, considered the earliest of the ‘megaherbivores.’

Among brototheres, Xylotitan is among the smallest, only about the size of a large tapir.

This new species was named in 2016 by Mihlbachler and Samuels.

Published by paleololigo

Scientist (Paleontology, Geochemistry, Geology); Writer (Speculative and Science Fiction, plus technical and non-technical Science); Mom to great boy on the Autism spectrum; possessor of too many hobbies.

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