Circotherium sivalense Falconer and Cautley 1847 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Chalicotherium sivalense, Nestoritherium sivalense

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1847. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Being the fossil zoology of the Sewalik Hills in the north of India. Illustrations–Part VIII Suidae and Rhinocerotidae.

Belongs to Circotherium according to W. J. Holland and O. A. Peterson 1913

See also Colbert 1935

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Sewalik Hills [GENERAL] (Pliocene of India)

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