A genus-level profile bounded to dental-wear samples labelled Chalicotherium goldfussi and the historical combination Chalicotherium (Anisodon) grande.
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Content packageperissodactyla
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morphology · medium
Southern German chalicotheriine material identified as Chalicotherium goldfussi and the historical combination Chalicotherium (Anisodon) grande preserves large ungual phalanges and shortened hind limbs, while claw use and upright feeding posture remain functional reconstructions.
claim:taxon:chalicotheriumtaxonomy · medium
Chalicotherium is retained at genus rank, but the evidence profile distinguishes C. goldfussi from material published under the historical combination Chalicotherium (Anisodon) grande.
The atlas’s 15.97–5.33 Ma occurrence envelope is provisional; the cited wear study samples southern German MN5–MN9 material and does not establish exact genus-wide first or last appearances.
claim:taxon:chalicotherium:fossil-rangeecology · medium
Sampled chalicotheriines show browse-dominated feeding with unusually abrasive bark or twig components; reconstructed claw use and posture remain functional interpretations.
claim:taxon:chalicotherium:ecologybiogeography · medium
The detailed evidence is bounded to sampled Miocene localities in southern Germany; it is not used as proof of a complete Europe–Asia genus distribution.
claim:taxon:chalicotherium:biogeography
Known limits
A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.