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Thuliadanta fossil map

Where fossils of Thuliadanta have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 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 56 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 →

Thuliadanta
Image: SeismicShrimp, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–51.1 million years ago (Ypresian)
PeriodsPaleogene
Named byEberle 2005
Fossil records4 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inCanada
Rock formationsMargaret, txn:NF

About Thuliadanta

Thuliadanta is an extinct genus of ceratomorph perissodactyl closely related to modern tapirs that is known from the early Eocene Margaret Formation of Arctic Canada (Nunavut and Northwest Territories).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Thuliadanta (revision 1309445794), 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: Q1670812.

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