Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Chalicotherium merriami, Macrotherium merriami
Full reference: W. J. Holland and O. A. Peterson. 1913. The osteology of the Chalicotheroidea, with special reference to a mounted skeleton of Moropus elatus Marsh, now installed in the Carnegie Museum. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 3(2):189-406
Belongs to Moropus according to W. J. Holland and O. A. Peterson 1913
See also Coombs 2004
Sister taxa: Moropus betpakdalensis, Moropus distans, Moropus elatus, Moropus hollandi, Moropus matthewi, Moropus maximus, Moropus oregonensis, Moropus senex
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Nebraska, Nevada collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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