Chalicotherium rusingense Butler 1965 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Full reference: P. M. Butler. 1965. Fossil mammals of Africa No. 18: East African Miocene and Pleistocene chalicotheres. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 10(7):165-237

Belongs to Chalicotherium according to P. M. Butler 1965

Sister taxa: Chalicotherium brevirostris, Chalicotherium goldfussi, Chalicotherium grande, Chalicotherium pilgrimi, Chalicotherium salinum, Chalicotherium sinense, Chalicotherium styriacum, Chalicotherium wetzleri

Type specimen: BMNH M 25270, a maxilla. Its type locality is Rusinga Island R107, which is in a Burdigalian dry floodplain horizon in the Hiwegi Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Uganda (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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