Nestoritherium
| Nestoritherium Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Chalicotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Nestoritherium |
Nestoritherium is an extinct genus of chalicothere; it has been dated to have lived from the late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene (11.6-0.781 mya).[1][2][3] This range makes Nestoritherium the most recently dated chalicothere to date- it has been found in fossil sites in Myanmar and China.[3]
Sources
- Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas
References
- ↑ "A NEW SPECIES OF CHALICOTHERIINAE (PERISSODACTYLA,MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE IN THE LINXIA BASIN OF GANSU,CHINA--《Vertebrata Palasiatica》2012年01期". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "New Chalicothere Species Found From the Late Miocene of the Linxia Basin of Gansu, China----Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.ivpp.cas.cn. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- 1 2 "Fossilworks: Nestoritherium". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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