Rhagatherium Pictet 1857 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae

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

See also Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sudre and Lecomte 2000

Sister taxa: Amphirhagatherium, Anthracobunodon, Choeropotamus, Cuisitherium, Diplopus, Hallebune, Haplobunodon, Lophiobunodon, Masilabune, Thaumastognathus

Subtaxa: Rhagatherium kowalevskyi Rhagatherium valdense

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Type: Rhagatherium valdense

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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