Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256
Parent taxon: Chalicotheriidae according to L. T. Holbrook 1999
See also Carroll 1988, Colbert 1935, Coombs 1998, Geraads et al. 2007, Hay 1902, Holland and Peterson 1913, Marsh 1877, Osborn 1893, Peterson 1907, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Scott 1913 and Skinner 1968
Sister taxa: Chalicotheriinae, Eomoropus, Limognitherium, Macrotheriinae, Moropodinae, Pernatherium, Schizotheriinae, Schizotherium
Subtaxa: Moropus betpakdalensis Moropus distans Moropus elatus Moropus hollandi Moropus matthewi Moropus maximus Moropus merriami Moropus oregonensis Moropus senex
Type: Moropus distans
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (18: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (13: Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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