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Nestoritherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Nestoritherium was named by Kaup (1859). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chalicotherini by Colbert (1935); to Chalicotheriidae by Cope (1881) and Carroll (1988); and to Chalicotheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Nestoritherium Kaup
1881Nestoritherium Cope p. 395
1935Nestoritherium Colbert p. 11
1988Nestoritherium Carroll
1989Nestoritherium Prothero and Schoch p. 533

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
subfamilyChalicotheriinae
genusNestoritheriumKaup 1859

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Nestoritherium Kaup 1859
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†Nestoritherium sindiense Lyddeker 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Coombs 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Myanmar (Magway Division) N. sp. (75078)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) N. sp. (68380)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) N. sp. (36587)