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Entelodont

Entelodont. By Connor. What were they?. Related to pigs Size of a rhino Small brain Lumps on their faces Height as human Hoofed feet. What did they look like?. Looked like very big pigs Lumps on their faces like warthogs Could get as big as a rhino Probably had little hair

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Entelodont

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  1. Entelodont By Connor

  2. What were they? Related to pigs Size of a rhino Small brain Lumps on their faces Height as human Hoofed feet

  3. What did they look like? • Looked like very big pigs • Lumps on their faces like warthogs • Could get as big as a rhino • Probably had little hair • Probably brownish-gray • 2 meters tall

  4. They had protective bony lumps on the face, short legs, a big skull, a long snout, and large teeth in big jaws.

  5. EN-TELL-OH-DONT • MEANING: Perfect-toothed • CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES: Pigs, other hoofed animals,and hippos Hippo Warthog

  6. What did they eat? Many kinds of teeth Most were worn Probably ate almost anything it could find Chewed on vines, stringy plants and roots for water if dry Also ate meat Powerful jaws to crush bones

  7. How did they act? • Probably mean • Were not social • Fossils show injuries to bones and bite marks around face • Lumps on face for protection

  8. Enemies • Dinictis, an early cat, attacking Possibly fought with the hyaenodon .

  9. Where have fossils been found? • North America • Asia • Mongolia • LIVED: 45 – 25 million years ago Fossil skull South Dakota

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