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Titanothere
Roy Chapman Andrews wrote about Titanothere in two books. Here is what each book says, with excerpts.
- 1884–1943
Under a Lucky StarRoy Chapman Andrews
A 'beast of titanic size' — one of a group of large, rhinoceros-like horned mammals (brontotheres) of the early Tertiary. Their discovery in the Gobi helped tie Asia's ancient life to North America's.
…and produced a handful of bone fragments; out of his shirt came a titanothere's tooth and the various folds of his clothes yielded other fossils.…Listen from here · chapter 19, 4:38…When the storm broke, he had fought his way to a partly excavated titanothere skull, to mark the spot for fear it would be lost in the sand.…Listen from here · chapter 19, 14:06 - 1922–1925
On the Trail of Ancient ManRoy Chapman Andrews
A 'beast of titanic size' — a group of large, rhinoceros-like horned mammals (brontotheres) of the early Tertiary. First known from South Dakota in 1852, their discovery in the Gobi helped tie Asia's ancient life to North America's.
…in the Gobi Desert of the presence of fossil quadrupeds, christened "Titanotheres" (or beasts of titanic size) when discovered in South Dakota, in 1852, gave an answer to…Listen from here · chapter 1, 0:38…continuation of the Irdin Manha in the Valley of the Jewels, but the titanotheres demonstrated conclusively that it is quite distinct and represents a later phase of the…Listen from here · chapter 13, 21:22
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