Aphelops
Aphelops mutilus
A hornless, long-limbed rhinoceros was built for travel across open woodland.
LIFE ARCHIVE
Browse extinct life from traces nearly 1.9 billion years old to historically recorded extinctions.
Aphelops mutilus
A hornless, long-limbed rhinoceros was built for travel across open woodland.
Hyrachyus modestus
A small hornless body combined traits near the early split of rhinos and tapirs.
Coryphodon eocaenus
A barrel body, short legs and large canines marked one of the first widespread large mammals.
Palaeotherium magnum
A short face, low-crowned teeth and three-toed feet belonged to a European herbivore near horse relatives.
Moropus elatus
A horse-like head and enormous curved claws belonged to a herbivorous perissodactyl walking on its knuckles.
Eotitanops borealis
Only tapir-sized and hornless, it already possessed the short face and teeth of early brontotheres.
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