Cainotherium Bravard 1828 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae

Synonyms: Caenotherium Agassiz 1846 [objective synonym], Crinotherium Filhol 1882

Parent taxon: Cainotheriinae according to J. Erfurt and G. Metais 2007

See also Becker et al. 2010, Blondel 2005, Hürzeler 1936, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Owen 1848

Sister taxa: Caenomeryx, Plesiomeryx, Procaenotherium

Subtaxa: Cainotherium bavaricum Cainotherium commune Cainotherium huerzeleri Cainotherium laticurvatum Cainotherium lintillae Cainotherium miocaenicum Cainotherium renggeri

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (14 collections), Germany (8), Portugal (1), Spain (10), Switzerland (4)

• Oligocene of France (2), Switzerland (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1), Spain (1)

Total: 42 collections including 45 occurrences

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