Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Alternative combination: Thaumastotherium osborni
Full reference: C. Forster-Cooper. 1913. Thaumastotherium osbosni, a new genus of perissodactyl from the Upper Oligocene deposits of the Bugti Hills of Baluchistan. Preliminary notice. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12:376-381
Belongs to Baluchitherium according to C. Forster-Cooper 1913
See also Forster-Cooper 1913
Sister taxa: Paraceratherium asiaticum, Paraceratherium bugtiense, Paraceratherium grangeri, Paraceratherium huangheense, Paraceratherium lepidum, Paraceratherium linxiaense
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 of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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