Chilotheridium Hooijer 1971 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Full reference: D. A. Hooijer. 1971. A new rhinoceros from the late Miocene of Loperot, Turkana District, Kenya. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 142(3):339-392

Parent taxon: Aceratheriinae according to D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch 1989

See also Hooijer 1971

Sister taxa: Acerorhinus, Aphelops, Chilotheriini, Floridaceras, Galushaceras, Hoploaceratherium, Peraceras, Plesiaceratherium, Proaceratherium, Subchilotherium

Subtaxa: Chilotheridium pattersoni

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Type: Chilotheridium pattersoni

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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