Titanotheriumn.
/tʌɪˌtanə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/, /ˌtʌɪtənəˈθɪərɪəm/, U.S. /taɪˌtænəˈθɪriəm/, /ˌtaɪtn̩əˈθɪriəm/ Palaeontology.
A former genus of very large extinct ungulates from the Eocene of North America, resembling gigantic rhinoceroses with two bony horns side by side on the snout; (also titanotherium) an animal of this or a related genus.The former members of this genus have been reassigned to the genus Megacerops.
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1854 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1852–3 6 292 The specimens..consisted of a brown portion of bone from a Titanotherium, the enamel and dentine of a tooth of the same animal, and a portion of the tibia of an Archæotherium.
1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 439 Titanotherium,..a large herbivorous mammal occurring in the Lower Miocene beds of the Missouri district.
1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xvi. 289 A grotesque procession of monsters marched diagonally down and across the paper. Dinosaurs, pterodactyls, titanotheriums, diplodocuses, ichthyosauruses walked, swam or flew at the tail of the procession.
1978 P. Colinvaux Why Big Fierce Animals are Rare iii. 28 In the past there have been even bigger mammals, such as giant ground-sloths and Titanotherium, a beast like an overgrown elephant and the largest mammal ever.
2005 A. Mayor Fossil Legends of First Amer. v. 260 They helped him find an eighteen-foot Titanotherium skeleton in perfect condition, with teeth as brilliant as polished steel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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