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Chalicotherium brevirostris

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Macrotherium brevirostris was named by Colbert (1934).

It was recombined as Chalicotherium brevirostris by Butler (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Macrotherium brevirostris Colbert
1935Macrotherium brevirostris Colbert p. 12
1965Chalicotherium brevirostris Butler p. 172

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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
speciesbrevirostris(Colbert 1934)

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Coombs 1998

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Chalicotherium brevirostris (28781)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Hebei) Macrotherium sp. (38674)