Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Alternative combination: Chalicotherium elatum
Synonyms: Moropus cooki Barbour 1908, Moropus parvus Barbour 1909, Moropus petersoni Holland 1908
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256
Belongs to Moropus according to O. C. Marsh 1877
See also Coombs 1975, Coombs 1978, Hay 1902 and Scott and Osborn 1890
Sister taxa: Moropus betpakdalensis, Moropus distans, Moropus hollandi, Moropus matthewi, Moropus maximus, Moropus merriami, Moropus oregonensis, Moropus senex
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (5: Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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