Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Synonyms: Caenotherium Agassiz 1846 [objective synonym], Crinotherium Filhol 1882
Parent taxon: Cainotheriinae according to J. Erfurt and G. Metais 2007
See also Becker et al. 2010, Blondel 2005, Hürzeler 1936, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Owen 1848
Sister taxa: Caenomeryx, Plesiomeryx, Procaenotherium
Subtaxa: Cainotherium bavaricum Cainotherium commune Cainotherium huerzeleri Cainotherium laticurvatum Cainotherium lintillae Cainotherium miocaenicum Cainotherium renggeri
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (14 collections), Germany (8), Portugal (1), Spain (10), Switzerland (4)
• Oligocene of France (2), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Spain (1)
Total: 42 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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