Thangorodrim

Translingual

Etymology

Named by Leigh Van Valen after the fortress Thangorodrim in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Sindarin thang (“oppression”) + orodrim (“mountain chain”).

Proper noun

†Thangorodrim m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arctocyonidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene, synonymized with Oxyclaenus.

References

• Thangorodrim at Paleobiology Database