Paraceratherium bugtiense Forster Cooper 1911 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Belongs to Paraceratherium according to Z. Qiu and B. Wang 2007

See also Forster-Cooper 1913

Sister taxa: Paraceratherium asiaticum, Paraceratherium grangeri, Paraceratherium huangheense, Paraceratherium lepidum, Paraceratherium linxiaense, Baluchitherium osborni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bugti Hills (Forster-Cooper collection), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Pakistan

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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