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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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