†Chilotheridium Hooijer 1971 (rhinoceros)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: D. A. Hooijer. 1971. A new rhinoceros from the late Miocene of Loperot, Turkana District, Kenya. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 142(3):339-392
Parent taxon: Aceratheriinae according to D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch 1989
See also Hooijer 1971
Sister taxa: Acerorhinus, Aphelops, Chilotheriini, Floridaceras, Galushaceras, Hoploaceratherium, Peraceras, Plesiaceratherium, Proaceratherium, Subchilotherium
Subtaxa: Chilotheridium pattersoni
Type: Chilotheridium pattersoni
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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