Chalicotherium Kaup 1833 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Full reference: J. J. Kaup. 1833. Description d'Ossements Fossiles de Mammifères Inconnus Jusqu'à-Présent. 2:1-31

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

See also Butler 1965, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1935, Cope 1881, Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908 and Owen 1848

Sister taxa: Anisodon, Chalicotherini, Nestoritherium

Subtaxa: Chalicotherium brevirostris Chalicotherium goldfussi Chalicotherium grande Chalicotherium pilgrimi Chalicotherium rusingense Chalicotherium salinum Chalicotherium sinense Chalicotherium styriacum Chalicotherium wetzleri

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection)

• Miocene of Austria (3), China (4), France (10), Georgia (2), Germany (4), Greece (2), Hungary (1), India (1), Kenya (2), Pakistan (2), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (1), Uganda (1)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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