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Figure 23.20
Archaic Mammals of the Paleocene Epoch The mammals included such animals as
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Protictis
,
an early carnivore;
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insectivores;
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Ptilodus
; and
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Pantolambda
, which stood about 1 m tall.
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Figure 23.21
Some of the Earliest Large Mammals
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Skull of
Arsinoitherium
, a rhinoceros- to elephant-sized
Early Oligocene animal. Its paired, hollow horns were more
than 0.5 m long.
b
Scene from the Eocene showing
the rhinoceros-sized mammal known as
Uintatherium
. It had three pairs of bony
protuberances on the skull and saber-like
upper canine teeth.
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