Brachypotherium Roger 1904 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Parent taxon: Teleoceratina according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2010

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cerdeno 1992, Li and Qiu 1980, Prothero 1998, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Tong 2001

Sister taxa: Aprotodon, Brachydiceratherium, Brachypodella, Diaceratherium, Prosantorhinus, Teleoceras

Subtaxa: Brachypotherium aurelianense Brachypotherium brachypus

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Ecology: amphibious grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (3)

• Miocene of Austria (1), China (4), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (13), Germany (6), India (2), Iraq (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (3), Libya (1), Nepal (9), Pakistan (10), Poland (3), Portugal (6), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (2), Tunisia (1), Uganda (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1), Pakistan (1)

Total: 76 collections including 77 occurrences

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