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Metatelmatherium fossil map

Where fossils of Metatelmatherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 45 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Metatelmatherium
Image: Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–37.71 million years ago (Ypresian to Bartonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyBrontotheriidae
Named byGranger and Gregory 1938
Fossil records12 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB)
Found inMyanmar, United States, China
Rock formationsPondaung, Uinta, txn:43027

About Metatelmatherium

Metatelmatherium is a genus of brontothere found in North America and eastern Asia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Metatelmatherium (revision 1381432980), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q6823272.

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