NAME
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ROOT
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NOTES
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| Aceratherium |
Greek: without (a) horn (keratos) beast (therion) |
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| Aepycamelus |
Greek: high and steep (aipys) camel (kamelos) |
from its long neck |
| Aktautitan |
Atktau [site where first fossil was found] plus Greek: giant (titan) |
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| americanum |
Latin: from America |
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| Amynodon |
Greek: to ward off/threaten (amynos) teeth (odontos) |
reference to large tusks |
| Amynodontidae |
Latin: Amynodont family |
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| andrewsi |
named after paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) |
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| Anisodon |
Greek: unequal (anisos) teeth (odontes) |
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| antiquitatis |
Latin: old (antiquus) |
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| Aphelops |
Greek: smooth (apheles) face (ops) |
because of its lack of a horn |
| Archaeohippus |
Greek: ancient (archaios) horse (hippos) |
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| arikarense |
from the Arikaree River |
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| augustus |
Latin: majestic (augustus) |
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| Australopithecus |
Latin: southern (australis) and Greek: ape (pithekos) |
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| bairdii |
after American naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) |
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| Baluchitherium |
Baluch [reference to Baluchistan, where first fossil of this animal was found] plus Greek: beast (therion) |
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| Barylambda |
Greek: heavy (baros) lambda (lambda) |
reference to size of animal copared with Pantolambda |
| bicornis |
Latin: two (bi) horn (cornus) |
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| Bison |
Greek: wild ox (bison) |
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| Bootherium |
Greek: ox (boos) beast (therion) |
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| Bothriodon |
Greek: botros (pit) odontes (teeth) |
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| Brontops |
Greek: thunder (brontos) face (ops) |
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| Brontotheriidae |
Latin: Brontothere family |
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| Brontotherium |
Greek: thunder (brontos) beast (therion) |
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| caballus |
Latin: horse (caballus) |
equus is classical latin for horse; caballus is vulgar latin |
| Camelops |
Greek: camel (kamelos) face (ops) |
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| Canis |
Latin: dog (canis) |
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| Castoroides |
Latin: beaver (castor) like (oides) |
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| Cadurcodon |
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| Ceratomorpha |
Greek: horn (keratos) form (morphos) |
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| Ceratotherium |
Greek: horn (keratos) beast (therion) |
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| Chalicotheriidae |
Latin: Chalicothere family |
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| Chalicotherium |
Greek: pebble (khalik) beast (therion) |
reference to pebble-like teeth of first fossil discovered |
| Coelodonta |
Greek: koilos (hollow) teeth (odontes) |
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| columbi |
Latin: of or relating to the United States [from Columbian] |
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| Coryphodon |
Greek: pointed (kentron) teeth (odontes) |
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| crassicornis |
Latin: heavy (crasseus) horn (corneus) |
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| curtum |
Latin: shortened (curtum) |
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| Dicerorhinus |
Greek: two (dio) horn (keratos) nose (rhinos) |
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| Diceros |
Greek: two (dio) horn (keratos) |
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| Dinohippus |
Greek: terrible (deinos) horse (hippos) |
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| Dinohyus |
Greek: terrible (deinos) pig (hyainos) |
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| Diplacodon |
Greek: double (diplos) point (aki) teeth (odontes) |
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| dirus |
Latin: dire or terrible |
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| Dolichorhinus |
Greek: long (dolichos) nose (rhinos) |
reference to the elongated snout and head of this brontothere |
| Ectoconus |
Greek: outside (ektos) cone (konos) |
reference to external cusp on upper molars |
| elatus |
Latin: uplifted (elatus) |
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| Embolotherium |
Greek: battering ram (embolos) beast (therion) |
reference to the ram-like nasal bones |
| Eohippus |
Greek: dawn (eos) horse (hippos) |
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| Eotitanops |
Greek: dawn (eos) giant (titan) face (ops) |
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| Equidae |
Latin: Horse family |
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| Equoidea |
Latin: Horse-like superfamily |
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| Equus |
Latin: horse (equus) |
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| Erithacus |
Greek: robin (erithacos) |
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| Gastornis |
Greek: Gaston's bird (ornis) |
named after its discoverer, French scientist Gaston Plante (1834-1889) |
| Glyptodon |
Greek: carved (glyptos) teeth (odontes) |
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| grande |
Latin: great (grandis) |
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| grangeri |
named after paleontologist Walter Granger (1872-1941) |
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| Hippomorpha |
Greek: horse (hippos) form (morphos) |
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| hippopotamopus |
Greek: river horse (hippopotamus) foot (opus) |
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| Homo |
Latin: man |
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| Homogalax |
Greek: lit. same (homo) milk (galactos) = "foster brother" |
refers to relatedness to other fossils |
| Hoplophoneus |
Greek: murder (phonos) weapon (hoplo) |
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| Hyaenodon |
Greek: hyena (hyainos) teeth (odontos) |
hyena comes from the Greek word for pig - hyainos |
| Hypohippus |
Greek: under (hypos) horse (hippos) |
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| Hyrachyus |
Greek: hyrax (hyrak = 'shrewmouse') pig (hyainos) |
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| Hyracodon |
Greek: hyrax (hyrak = 'shrewmouse') teeth (odontos) |
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| Hyracodontidae |
Latin: Hyracodont family |
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| Hyracotherium |
Greek: hyrax (hyrak = 'shrewmouse') beast (therion) |
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| indicus |
Latin: from the Indies |
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| Indricotherium |
Russian: Indrik [mythical "father of all beasts"] plus Greek: beast (therion) |
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| insignis |
Latin: notable/distingished (insignis) |
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| johnsoni |
|
Schultz et al 1975 - check Osborn Library |
| Loxolophus |
Greek: slanting (loxos) crest (lophos) |
reference to oblique crests of lower molars |
| major |
Latin: greater (maior) |
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| Mammalia |
Latin: mammals |
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| Mammut |
Tartar: ground dweller (mammantu) |
based on Tartar belief that frozen remains of mammoths were remains of giant mole-like creatures |
| Mammuthus |
Tartar: ground dweller (mammantu) |
based on Tartar belief that frozen remains of mammoths were remains of giant mole-like creatures |
| Manteoceras |
Greek: prophetic (manteos) horn (keratos) |
one of the earliest brontotheres to develop horns - albeit small ones |
| matthewi |
named after paleontologist William Diller Matthew (1871-1930) |
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| medicornutum |
Latin: middle (medio) horned (cornutum) |
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| Megacerops |
Greek: great (mega) horn (keratos) face (ops) |
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| Megahippus |
Greek: great (mega) horse (hippos) |
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| Megaloceras |
Greek: great (mega) horn (keratos) |
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| Megatapirus |
Greek: great (mega) plus Tupi (Brazilian indian): tapir (tapira) |
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| Megatherium |
Greek: great (mega) beast (therion) |
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| Menoceras |
Greek: crescent (meniskos) horns (keratos) |
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| Merychippus |
Greek: ruminant (merux)-like horse (hippos) |
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| Merycochoerus |
Greek: ruminant (merux)-like swine (khoiros) |
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| Mesohippus |
Greek: middle (meso) horse (hippos) |
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| Metamynodon |
Greek: after/beyond (meta) threatening (amynos) teeth (odontes) |
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| Metatitan |
Greek: after/beyond (meta) giant (titan) |
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| migratorius |
Latin: wandering (migrare) |
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| mongoliensis |
Latin: of/from Mongolia |
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| Moropus |
Greek: lit. dull (moros) foot (poys) = sloth foot |
was originally believed to be related to sloths |
| nebraskensis |
Latin: of/from Nebraska |
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| Neohipparion |
Greek: new (neos) pony (hipparion) |
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| Orohippus |
Greek: mountain (oros) horse (hippos) |
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| Oxyaena |
Greek: sharp (oksys) hyena (hyainos) |
hyena comes from the Greek word for pig - hyainos |
| Palaeoryctes |
Greek: old (palaeos) digger (oryctes) |
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| Palaeotheriidae |
Latin: Palaeothere family |
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| Palaeotherium |
Greek: old (paleos) beast (therion) |
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| Paleosyops |
Greek: old (paleos) boar (kapros) face (ops) |
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| Pantolambda |
Greek: all (pantos) lambda (lambda) |
a reference to the cusps of the upper premolars which are arranged in a pattern like the Greek letter lambda |
| Parahippus |
Greek: near (para) horse (hippos) |
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| Paramylodon |
Greek: near (para) millstone (mulos) teeth (odontes) |
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| Paramys |
Greek: near (para) mouse (mys) |
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| parvulum |
Latin: small/tiny (parvulus = little child) |
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| Pelycodus |
Greek: bowl (pelys ) tooth (odus) |
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| Perissodactyla |
Greek: uneven (perissos) finger (dactylos) |
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| Phenacodus |
Greek: imposter (phenax) tooth (odus) |
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| Poebrotherium |
Greek: grass-eating beast (therion) |
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| primigenius |
Latin: first (primus) born (gignere = to give birth do/bring forth) |
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| primus |
Latin: first (primus) |
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| Promerycochoerus |
Latin: before (pro) plus Greek: ruminant (merux)-like swine (khoiros) |
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| Propalaeotherium |
Latin: before (pro): plus Greek: old (paleos) beast (therion) |
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| Protapirus |
Latin: before (pro): plus Brazilian Indian: tapir (tapira) |
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| Protitanotherium |
Latin: before (pro): plus Greek: giant (titan) beast (therion) |
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| Protorohippus |
Latin: before (pro): plus Greek: mountain (oros) horse (hippos) |
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| quagga |
Xhosa: something striped (i-qwaxa) |
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| Repenomamus |
Latin: reptile (reptilis) mammal (mammalis) |
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| Rhinocerotidae |
Latin: Rhinoceros family |
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| Rhinocerotoidea |
Latin: Rhinoceros-like superfamily |
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| Rhinoceros |
Greek: nose (rhinos) horn (keratos) |
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| robustus |
Latin: strong (robustus) |
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| Rodentia |
Latin: rodents |
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| rubecula |
Latin: red breast |
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| sapiens |
Latin: wise |
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| scotti |
named after paleontologist William Berryman Scott (1858-1947) |
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| Sharamynodon |
Shara [site where fossil was first found] plus Greek: to ward off/threaten (amynos) teeth (odontos) |
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| skinneri |
named after paleontologist Morris Skinner (1906-1989) |
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| Smilodon |
Greek: chisel (smile) teeth (odontos) |
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| sondaicus |
Latin: from the Sunda Islands [incl. Borneo and Java] |
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| Subhyracodon |
Latin: below (sub): plus Greek: hyrax (hyrak = 'shrewmouse') tooth (odontos) |
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| sumatrensis |
Latin: from Sumatra |
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| Tapiridae |
Latin: tapir family |
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| Tapiroidea |
Latin: tapir-like superfamily |
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| Tapirus |
Brazilian indian: tapir (tapira) |
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| Teleoceras |
Greek: perfect (teleos) horn (keratos) |
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| Teratornis |
Greek: wonder (teretos) bird (ornis) |
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| terrestris |
Latin: of the earth (terra) |
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| Thylacodon |
Greek: pouch (thylacos) teeth (odontos) |
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| Titanotherium |
Greek: giant (titan) beast (therion) |
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| Trigonias |
Greek: triangular (trigonos) ias [denotes possession] |
reference to triangular cutting surface of first incisors |
| Tubulidentata |
Latin: tube (tubulis) tooth (dentis) |
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| Turdus |
Latin: thrush (turdus) |
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| Tylocephalonyx |
Greek: tylos (knob) head (kephalos) claw/hoof (onyx) |
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| unicornis |
Latin: one (unus) horn (cornus) |
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| Xenicohippus |
Greek: strange (xenikos) horse (hippos) |
