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Chalicotherium grande

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anoplotherium grande was named by de Blainville (1849).

It was recombined as Macrotherium grande by Depéret (1892), Colbert (1935); it was recombined as Chalicotherium grande by Butler (1965).

Subspecies
C. rhodanicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Anoplotherium grande de Blainville
1892Macrotherium grande Depéret
1935Macrotherium grande Colbert p. 12
1965Chalicotherium grande Butler p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
subfamilyChalicotheriinae
genusChalicotherium
speciesgrande(de Blainville 1849)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Coombs 1998

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Vallesian or 15.98000 to 8.72500 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France Chalicotherium grande (94801)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Chalicotherium grande (90354 148401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Chalicotherium grande (148396)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Chalicotherium grande (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Chalicotherium grande (32071 32072)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Chalicotherium grande (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Chalicotherium grande (42588)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Austria (Carinthia) Chalicotherium grande (34606)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Chalicotherium grande (142149)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Chalicotherium grande (31775 31776)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) Macrotherium grande (38978)