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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Chalicotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chalicotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Chalicotherium Kaup, 1833 |
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| †Chalicotherium goldfussi Kaup, 1833
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Chalicotherium (Ancient Greek χαλιξ/khalix, khalik-: pebble/gravel + θηρίον/thērion, diminutive of θηρ/thēr : beast) is a genus of extinct odd-toed ungulates of the order Perissodactyla and family Chalicotheriidae. The genus is known from Europe and Asia,[1] from the Middle Miocene to Late Miocene.
This animal would look much like other chalicotheriid species: an odd-looking herbivore with long clawed forelimbs and stouter weight-bearing hindlimbs.
The type species, Chalicotherium goldfussi, from Late Miocene Europe, was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1833. When the French naturalist George Cuvier first received a cleft claw from Eppelheim, Germany, he identified it as the toe bone of a gigantic pangolin.[1]
- ^ a b "Pittsburgh Boasts of Complete Skeleton of the Chalicotherium". The San Antonio Express. Vol. 46, no. 125. 1911-05-05. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-03-30.