Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Synonyms: Chemositia Pickford 1979, Gansuodon Wu and Chen 1976, Hoangkotherium Unknown
Parent taxon: Schizotheriinae according to D. Geraads et al. 2007
See also Butler 1965, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1935, Cope 1889, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Theodorou et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Ancylotheriopus, Borissiakia, Macrotherium, Metaschizotherium, Phyllotillon, Tylocephalonyx
Subtaxa: Ancylotherium hellenicum Ancylotherium pentelicum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (8 collections)
• Pliocene of Kenya (1), Tanzania (4)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Bulgaria (2), China (1), Germany (1), Greece (11), Kenya (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Turkey (2)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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